CVE-2009-1185: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 80.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

udev before 1.4.1 does not verify whether a NETLINK message originates from kernel space, which allows local users to gain privileges by sending a NETLINK message from user space.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 6.06 only; version 7.10 only; version 8.04 only; version 8.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 4.0 only; version 5.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 9 only; version 10 only
• Juniper Ctpview: before 7.1 (fixed in 7.1); version 7.1 only; version 7.2 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 10.3 only; version 11.0 only; version 11.1 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo: version 10 only; version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 10 only; version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 10 only; version 11 only
• Udev Project Udev: before 141 (fixed in 141)

Published 2009-04-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.