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CVE-2009-0834

Published: Mar 06, 2009 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
3.6 IMPORTANT
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0834
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

The audit_syscall_entry function in the Linux kernel 2.6.28.7 and earlier on the x86_64 platform does not properly handle (1) a 32-bit process making a 64-bit syscall or (2) a 64-bit process making a 32-bit syscall, which allows local users to bypass certain syscall audit configurations via crafted syscalls, a related issue to CVE-2009-0342 and CVE-2009-0343.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*2.6.28.7 (including)
MRG for RHEL-5RedHatkernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-111.el5rt*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.22.EL*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-128.1.10.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Z StreamRedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.35.el5*
LinuxUbuntuhardy*
LinuxUbuntuintrepid*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntudapper*
Linux-source-2.6.22Ubuntugutsy*

References

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