# CVE-2009-0605: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-02-17 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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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## References

- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33758
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9be260a646bf76fa418ee519afa10196b3164681

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