CVE-2009-2698

The udp_sendmsg function in the UDP implementation in (1) net/ipv4/udp.c and (2) net/ipv6/udp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving the MSG_MORE flag and a UDP socket.

• CWE-476

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e0c14f49d6b393179f423abbac47f85618d3d46Broken Link
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1222.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1223.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23073Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36430Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36510Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37105Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37298Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37471Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067254Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/25/1Mailing List
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1233.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36108Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022761Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316Permissions Required
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518034Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11514Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8557Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9142Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e0c14f49d6b393179f423abbac47f85618d3d46Broken Link
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1222.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1223.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23073Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36430Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36510Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37105Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37298Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37471Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067254Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/25/1Mailing List
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1233.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512019/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36108Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022761Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316Permissions Required
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518034Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11514Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8557Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9142Broken Link, Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 27, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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