CVE-2009-0031
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Memory leak in the keyctl_join_session_keyring function (security/keys/keyctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via unknown vectors related to a "missing kfree."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0043)
- Published
- January 21, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0043 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://git2.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d54ee1c7850a954026deec4cd4885f331da35cc
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
- http://osvdb.org/51501
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34252
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34394
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34502
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/19/4
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0360.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11386
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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