CVE-2009-0028

Linux kernel <2.6.28 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The clone system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 and earlier allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a parent process from an unprivileged child process by launching an additional child process with the CLONE_PARENT flag, and then letting this new process exit.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Chris Evans · cdoslinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32815

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References (35)

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://osvdb.org/52204

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0459.html

[Various Sources] http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-002.html

[Various Sources] http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/02/linux-kernel-minor-signal-vulnerability.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:118

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479932

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11187

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7947

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33906

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787

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Scores

EPSS 0.0024

EPSS Percentile 46.7%

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.28

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

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Timeline

Published Feb 27, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026