CVE-2009-1338

Linux Kernel < 2.6.27.21 - Access Control

Title source: rule

Description

The kill_something_info function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28 does not consider PID namespaces when processing signals directed to PID -1, which allows local users to bypass the intended namespace isolation, and send arbitrary signals to all processes in all namespaces, via a kill command.

References (19)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d25141a818383b3c3b09f065698c544a7a0ec6e7

[Patch] http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/23/148

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/34981

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1081.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1

[Patch] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496031

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50386

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

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/16/2

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/17/4

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/21/1

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35120

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35121

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35343

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35656

Scores

EPSS 0.0007

EPSS Percentile 20.3%

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.27.21

linux/linux_kernel

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linux/linux_kernel

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Timeline

Published Apr 22, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026