CVE-2009-2767

CVE-2009-2767 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The init_posix_timers function in kernel/posix-timers.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly gain privileges via a CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW clock_nanosleep call that triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

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