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CVE-2009-1185

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 80.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-04-17 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-346

Description

udev before 1.4.1 does not verify whether a NETLINK message originates from kernel space, which allows local users to gain privileges by sending a NETLINK message from user space.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10
• Debian Linux: 4.0, 5.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 9, 10
• Juniper Networks CTPView: before 7.1; 7.1, 7.1-r1, 7.2 — fixed in 7.1
• Opensuse: 10.3, 11.0, 11.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo: 10-sp2, 11
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 10-sp2, 11
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 10-sp2, 11
• Udev Project Udev: before 141 — fixed in 141

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Juniper Networks CTPView 7.1; Udev Project Udev 141. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e2b362d9f23d4c63018709ab5f81a02f72b91e75
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e86a923d508c2aed371cdd958ce82489cf2ab615
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00012.html
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34731
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34750
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34753
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34771
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34776

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