Bug 303737

Summary:	Kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in fasync_helper() (CVE-2009-4141)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Stefan Behte (RETIRED) <craig>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	hardened-kernel+disabled, kernel
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.33-rc4-git1.bz2
Whiteboard:	[ < 2.6.33-rc4-git1 ]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-02-06 15:09:23 UTC

CVE-2009-4141 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4141):
  Use-after-free vulnerability in the fasync_helper function in
  fs/fcntl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc4-git1 allows local
  users to gain privileges via vectors that include enabling O_ASYNC
  (aka FASYNC or FIOASYNC) on a locked file, and then closing this file.

Comment 1 Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-02-06 15:10:26 UTC

whoops

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 301006 ***