CVE-2009-0935: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.27, up to and including 2.6.27.13; from 2.6.28, up to and including 2.6.28.2; version 2.6.29 only

Published 2009-03-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.