CVE-2009-3623
The lookup_cb_cred function in fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c in the nfsd4 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.2 attempts to access a credentials cache even when a client specifies the AUTH_NULL authentication flavor, which allows remote attackers to…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The lookup_cb_cred function in fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c in the nfsd4 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.2 attempts to access a credentials cache even when a client specifies the AUTH_NULL authentication flavor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via an NFSv4 mount request.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.47% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=80fc015bdfe1f5b870c1e1ee02d78e709523fee7
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=886e3b7fe6054230c89ae078a09565ed183ecc73
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125618753029631&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125624036516377&w=2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530269
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=80fc015bdfe1f5b870c1e1ee02d78e709523fee7
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=886e3b7fe6054230c89ae078a09565ed183ecc73
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125618753029631&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125624036516377&w=2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530269
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.