CVE-2009-3623: Null Pointer Dereference

Published Oct 22, 2009
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Updated

Quoting from upstream patch: On setting up the callback to the client, we attempt to use the same authentication flavor the client did. We find an rpc cred to use by calling rpcauthlookupcredcache(), which assumes that the given authentication flavor has a credentials cache. However, this is not required to be true--in particular, authnull does not use one. Instead, we should call the auth's lookupcred() method.

Without this, a client attempting to mount using nfsv4 and authnull triggers a null dereference.

The code was introduced in upstream commit 3cef9ab2 (v2.6.31-rc1), fixed in 886e3b7f (v2.6.32-rc1), and was later replaced by 80fc015b.

Other sources

The lookupcbcred function in fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c in the nfsd4 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.2 attempts to access a credentials cache even when a client specifies the AUTHNULL authentication flavor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via an NFSv4 mount request.

MITRE

Affected Software

317 affected components
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.29
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.12
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11
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=2.6.31
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.29.3
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=2.6.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.15.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.30
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=2.6.27.18
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=2.6.26.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.34
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.20
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.21
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=2.6.27.27
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.14
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.10
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.45
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Linux Linux kernel=2.6.14.3
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Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.11
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.13
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.10
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.21.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26.6
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Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.16
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24.1
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Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.28.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.16
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26
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Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.20
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.15.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.16
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.15.1
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Linux Linux kernel=2.6.28.2
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=2.6.28.5
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=2.6.27.13
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.1
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Linux Linux kernel=2.6.13.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.17.5
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=2.6.27.15
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.21
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.33
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.30.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.8
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=2.6.14.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.15
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.23
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.29.4
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=2.6.27.26
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.8
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=2.6.30.8
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=2.6.27.25
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.30.9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.15
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.18
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.0
Linux Linux kernel<=2.6.31.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.54
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.13.4
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=2.6.18.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.28.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.29
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.29.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.19
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=2.6.30.4
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.28.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.13
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.19.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.21.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.28
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24.5
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=2.6.27.22
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=2.6.29.6
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=2.6.28.9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.30.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.21.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.30.6
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=2.6.30.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.38
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.17
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.26.8
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.28.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.12
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.27
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.53
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.28.7
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=2.6.16.2
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.18.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.15
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.44
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.12
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=2.6.27.31
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.29.2
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
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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=2.6.8.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.11
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.56
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.19
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.24.3
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=2.6.30.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.25.14
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.20.7
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.28.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.16.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.30
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=2.6.28.10
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.16
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.11.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.30.3
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.9
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.23
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.13.1
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.23.11
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.27.14
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.28
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.29.5
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.22.14
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.6
Linux Linux kernel=2.6.12

Event History

Oct 22, 2009
Data Sourced
04:51 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Oct 30, 2009
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:05 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:05 PM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2009-3623?

CVE-2009-3623 has a medium severity rating due to its potential for security bypass issues.

2

How can I fix CVE-2009-3623?

To fix CVE-2009-3623, upgrade to a version of the Linux Kernel that includes the patch addressing this vulnerability.

3

Which versions of the Linux Kernel are affected by CVE-2009-3623?

CVE-2009-3623 affects specific versions of the Linux Kernel, including 2.6.11, 2.6.20, and several others up to 2.6.31.

4

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2009-3623?

CVE-2009-3623 is a privilege escalation vulnerability that can allow unauthorized access under certain conditions.

5

Is there a workaround for CVE-2009-3623 before applying a patch?

A reliable workaround for CVE-2009-3623 is not specified; it's recommended to apply the available security updates without delay.

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