CVE-2009-1243

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

net/ipv4/udp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 performs an unlocking step in certain incorrect circumstances, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by reading zero bytes from the /proc/net/udp file and unspecified other files, related to the "udp seq_file infrastructure."

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

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 6, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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