CVE detail
CVE-2009-2848 — CVE-2009-2848
Published 2009-08-18 · Modified 2026-06-16 · Vendor linux · Product linux_kernel · Source nvd
UNKNOWN
severity
CVSS-derived band
0.0052
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
41.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog
Description
The execve function in the Linux kernel, possibly 2.6.30-rc6 and earlier, does not properly clear the current->clear_child_tid pointer, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via a clone system call with CLONE_CHILD_SETTID or CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID enabled, which is not properly handled during thread creation and exit.
Remediation
No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.
References