Description
The inotify_read function in the Linux kernel 2.6.27 to 2.6.27.13, 2.6.28 to 2.6.28.2, and 2.6.29-rc3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a read with an invalid address to an inotify instance, which causes the device's event list mutex to be unlocked twice and prevents proper synchronization of a data structure for the inotify instance.
References
- linux-kernel-inotify-read-dos(49331) vdb-entry
- 33624 vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20090306 CVE request: kernel: inotify local DoS mailing-list
- [linux-kernel] 20090131 [patch 03/43] inotify: clean up inotify_read and fix locking mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488935
- [oss-security] 20090319 Re: CVE request: kernel: inotify local DoS mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20090318 Re: CVE request: kernel: inotify local DoS mailing-list
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.3