CVE-2009-0024

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-01-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The sys_remap_file_pages function in mm/fremap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.24.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to the vm_file structure member, and the mmap_region and do_munmap functions.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.24; 2.2.27, 2.4.36, 2.4.36.1, 2.4.36.2, 2.4.36.3, 2.4.36.4 (+226)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8a459e44ad837018ea5c34a9efe8eb4ad27ded26
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/1
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33211
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.24.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8a459e44ad837018ea5c34a9efe8eb4ad27ded26
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/12/1
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33211

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