Security Advisory

CVE-2009-4271

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2010-03-19 19:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 06:54:10
Assigner redhat
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The Linux kernel 2.6.9 through 2.6.17 on the x86_64 and amd64 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a 32-bit application that calls mprotect on its Virtual Dynamic Shared Object (VDSO) page and then triggers a segmentation fault.