CVE-2009-0028: Low severity Linux Linux kernel vulnerability

Published Jan 14, 2009
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Updated

From Chris Evans:

It's a relatively minor signal issue where a child can send its parent process an arbitrary signal, even if the parent has a totally separate real and effective user id. This could be a nuisance in the case where long-running root daemons spawn direct child processes owned by untrusted users []. There may even be worse consequences if privileged processes have weak signal handling code for signals not normally triggerable by untrusted users.

Other sources

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 CLONEPARENT flag, and then letting this new process exit.

MITRE

Affected Software

316 affected components
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.12
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.11
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26-rc4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.15
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.16
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.12
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.39
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.21
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.15.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.10
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.43
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.13
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.14.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.13
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.13.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.13
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.4.36.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.34
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.20
Linux Linux kernel<=2.6.28
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.21
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.12
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.14.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.14
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.18
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.14
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.10
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27-rc6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.45
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.12
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.18
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.14.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.37
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.48
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.11
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.13
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.10
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27-rc5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.21.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.4.36.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.16
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27-rc3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.15
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.15.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.16
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.15.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.19.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.19.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.13
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.19.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.21
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.14.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.13.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.4.36.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.21.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.32
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.13.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.57
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.49
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.19.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.21.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.11
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.17
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.14
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.12
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.25
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.21
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.33
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.28
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.10
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.21.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.15
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24_rc4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.14.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.15
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.23
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.12.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.15.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.10
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27-rc7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc1
Linux Linux kernel=2.4.36.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.19
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.20
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.36
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.14.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.12.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.46
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.15
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.18
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.0
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.54
Linux Linux kernel=2.4.36.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.13.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.20
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23-rc2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.18
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.12.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.31
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.26
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.62
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.29
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23-rc1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27-rc8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.16
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.17
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.11
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.19
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.13
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.19.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.21.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24_rc1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.51
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.15.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.19
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.22
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.17
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.58
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.40
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.47
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.42
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.14
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.11
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.10
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.12.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.41
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.52
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.10
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.24
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.10
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.11
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.55
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.12.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.10
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27-rc2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27-rc1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.17
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.21.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.30
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.21.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.15.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.59
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23_rc1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.38
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.17
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.22
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.12
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.27
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.53
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.12.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27-rc4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22_rc7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.15
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.44
Linux Linux kernel=2.4.36
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.12
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24_rc5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.35
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.19.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.50
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.11
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.14.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.61
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.19.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18
Linux Linux kernel=2.4.36.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.13
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.60
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.11
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.56
Linux Linux kernel=2.2.27
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.19
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22_rc1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27-rc9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.14
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.14
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.12
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.19
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.12
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.20
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.15.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.16
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.13.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.11
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.14
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.10
Linux Linux kernel=2.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.12

Event History

Jan 14, 2009
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·06:44 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Feb 27, 2009
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:00 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·05:30 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2009-0028?

The severity of CVE-2009-0028 is considered low, as it involves a minor signal handling issue.

2

How do I fix CVE-2009-0028?

To fix CVE-2009-0028, you should upgrade to a patched version of the Linux kernel that addresses this vulnerability.

3

What systems are affected by CVE-2009-0028?

CVE-2009-0028 affects certain versions of the Linux kernel, specifically versions 2.6.18 to 2.6.28.

4

Can CVE-2009-0028 be exploited remotely?

No, CVE-2009-0028 is not a remote vulnerability; it requires local access to be exploited.

5

What could attackers achieve by exploiting CVE-2009-0028?

An attacker could send arbitrary signals to parent processes of child processes, potentially causing disruptions.

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