CVE-2009-0935

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The inotify_read function in the Linux kernel 2.6.27 to 2.6.27.13, 2.6.28 to 2.6.28.2, and 2.6.29-rc3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a read with an invalid address to an inotify instance, which causes the device's event list mutex to be unlocked twice and prevents proper synchronization of a data structure for the inotify instance.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-667

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123337123501681&w=2Mailing List, Patch
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.3Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/06/2Mailing List, Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/18/5Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/19/2Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33624Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488935Issue Tracking, Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49331Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123337123501681&w=2Mailing List, Patch
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.3Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/06/2Mailing List, Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/18/5Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/19/2Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33624Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488935Issue Tracking, Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49331Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Mar 18, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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