CVE-2009-0935
The inotify_read function in the Linux kernel 2.6.27 to 2.6.27.13, 2.6.28 to 2.6.28.2, and 2.6.29-rc3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a read with an invalid address to an inotify instance, which causes the device's event list mutex to be unlocked twice and prevents proper synchronization of a data structure for the inotify instance.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-667
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (19th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0932)
- Published
- March 18, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0932 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123337123501681&w=2(Mailing List, Patch)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.3(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/06/2(Mailing List, Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/18/5(Mailing List)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/19/2(Mailing List)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33624(Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488935(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49331(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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