CVE-2009-0605
Stack consumption vulnerability in the do_page_fault function in arch/x86/mm/fault.c in the Linux...
Stack consumption vulnerability in the do_page_fault function in arch/x86/mm/fault.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that trigger page faults on a machine that has a registered Kprobes probe.
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What each source reports
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Stack consumption vulnerability in the do_page_fault function in arch/x86/mm/fault.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that trigger page faults on a machine that has a registered Kprobes probe.
- Record
CVE-2009-0605- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Stack consumption vulnerability in the do_page_fault function in arch/x86/mm/fault.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that trigger page faults on a machine that has a registered Kprobes probe.
- Record
CVE-2009-0605- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-0608 No score
Stack consumption vulnerability in the do_page_fault function in arch/x86/mm/fault.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that trigger page faults on a machine that has a registered Kprobes probe.
- Record
EUVD-2009-0608- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q9fv-vxwp-xphg No score
Stack consumption vulnerability in the do_page_fault function in arch/x86/mm/fault.c in the Linux...
Stack consumption vulnerability in the do_page_fault function in arch/x86/mm/fault.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that trigger page faults on a machine that has a registered Kprobes probe.
- Record
GHSA-q9fv-vxwp-xphg- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2009-0605
CVE-2009-0605 does not affect BellSoft software
- Record
BELL-CVE-2009-0605- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-0605 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Linux Kernel, published February 17, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.5
securityfocus.com/bid/33758
ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
git.kernel.org?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9be260a646bf76fa418ee519afa10196b3164681
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0605
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9fv-vxwp-xphg
docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2009-0605