CVE-2009-3547 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2009-3547

Multiple race conditions in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before...

Vulnerability Description

Multiple race conditions in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc6 allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or gain privileges by attempting to open an anonymous pipe via a /proc/*/fd/ pathname.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel, linux desktop, opensuse, suse linux enterprise desktop, suse linux enterprise server, ubuntu linux, fedora, vma, esx, mrg realtime, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.6.32, 9, 11.0, 11.2, 10, 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, 4.0, 1.0, 3.0, 5.0, 4.8, 5.4

Timeline

Official Publish: November 4th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.