CVE-2009-1337
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD
The exit_notify function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc1 does not restrict exit signals when the CAP_KILL capability is held, which allows local users to send an arbitrary signal to a process by running a program that modifies the exit_signal field and then uses an exec system call to launch a setuid application.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.3% (70th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1335)
- Published
- April 22, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1335 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
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=432870dab85a2f69dc417022646cb9a70acf7f94
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123560588713763&w=2
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/16544/(Patch)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0473.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34917
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35015
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35121
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35160
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35185
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35226
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35324
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35387
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35394
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35656
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.30-rc1(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:119
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:135
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/17/3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1024.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1077.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34405
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022141
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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