Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2009-4141

Use-after-free vulnerability in the fasync_helper function in fs/fcntl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc4-git1 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors that include enabling O_ASYNC (aka FASYNC or FIOASYNC) on a locked file, and then closing this file.

EPSS: 0.010 (58.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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