CVE-2009-4895

CVSS 4.7 - MEDIUM
Description

Race condition in the tty_fasync function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, related to the put_tty_queue and __f_setown functions. NOTE: the vulnerability was addressed in a different way in 2.6.32.9.

Affected Products
8
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel All versions
debian debian_linux 5.0
canonical ubuntu_linux 6.06
canonical ubuntu_linux 8.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 9.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 9.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.10
Weakness Types
CWE-362
CVE Information
CVE ID:
CVE-2009-4895
Published:
2010-09-08
Modified:
2026-04-29
CVSS Score:
4.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Vendors
linux debian canonical
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CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9 LOW
4.0 - 6.9 MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9 HIGH
9.0 - 10.0 CRITICAL