Candidate: CVE-2009-1243 Description: net/ipv4/udp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.1 performs an unlocking step in certain incorrect circumstances, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by reading zero bytes from the /proc/net/udp file and unspecified other files, related to the "udp seq_file infrastructure." References: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/4 http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-proc-net-udp-8586 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=30842f2989aacfaba3ccb39829b3417be9313dbe http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29.1 Ubuntu-Description: Notes:645ca708 jmm> Introduced in 645ca708, so only affects >= 2.6.28 Bugs: upstream: released (2.6.29.1) linux-2.6: released (2.6.29-2) 2.6.18-etch-security: N/A 2.6.24-etch-security: N/A 2.6.26-lenny-security: N/A 2.6.15-dapper-security: 2.6.22-gutsy-security: 2.6.24-hardy-security: 2.6.27-intrepid-security: