VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-0031
CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-01-21
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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."