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CVE-2009-0935
medium
Description
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.
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49331
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488935
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/19/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/18/5