Candidate: CVE-2009-0031
PublicDate: 2009-01-21 02:30:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0031
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-751-1
Description:
 Memory leak in the keyctl_join_session_keyring function
 (security/keys/keyctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2 and earlier allows
 local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via
 unknown vectors related to a "missing kfree."
Ubuntu-Description:
 The kernel keyring did not free memory correctly.  A local attacker could
 consume unlimited kernel memory, leading to a denial of service.
Notes:
Bugs:
Priority: low
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS: 

Patches_linux-source-2.6.15:
upstream_linux-source-2.6.15: needs-triage
dapper_linux-source-2.6.15: not-affected
gutsy_linux-source-2.6.15: DNE
hardy_linux-source-2.6.15: DNE
intrepid_linux-source-2.6.15: DNE
jaunty_linux-source-2.6.15: DNE
devel_linux-source-2.6.15: DNE

Patches_linux-source-2.6.22:
upstream_linux-source-2.6.22: needs-triage
dapper_linux-source-2.6.22: DNE
gutsy_linux-source-2.6.22: released (2.6.22-16.62)
hardy_linux-source-2.6.22: DNE
intrepid_linux-source-2.6.22: DNE
jaunty_linux-source-2.6.22: DNE
devel_linux-source-2.6.22: DNE

Patches_linux:
upstream_linux: needs-triage
dapper_linux: DNE
gutsy_linux: DNE
hardy_linux: released (2.6.24-23.52)
intrepid_linux: released (2.6.27-11.31)
jaunty_linux: not-affected
devel_linux: not-affected