oss-security - CVE-2009-3547 kernel: fs: pipe.c null pointer dereference

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Message-ID: <4AF00BCD.8080300@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:54:05 +0800
From: Eugene Teo <eugene@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Subject: CVE-2009-3547 kernel: fs: pipe.c null pointer dereference

* a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in each of the following
functions in the Linux kernel: pipe_read_open(), pipe_write_open(), and
pipe_rdwr_open(). When the mutex lock is not held, the i_pipe pointer 
could be released by other processes before it is used to update the 
pipe's reader and writer counters. This could lead to a local denial of 
service or privilege escalation.

http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/14/184
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/10/21/42
http://git.kernel.org/linus/ad3960243e55320d74195fb85c975e0a8cc4466c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-3547

Thanks, Eugene
-- 
Eugene Teo / Red Hat Security Response Team

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