{"cve":"CVE-2009-3623","nvd":{"published":"2009-10-30T20:30:00.343","modified":"2026-06-16T23:12:02.500","status":"Modified","description":"The lookup_cb_cred function in fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c in the nfsd4 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.2 attempts to access a credentials cache even when a client specifies the AUTH_NULL authentication flavor, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via an NFSv4 mount request.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-287"],"references":["http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=80fc015bdfe1f5b870c1e1ee02d78e709523fee7","http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=886e3b7fe6054230c89ae078a09565ed183ecc73","http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125618753029631&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125624036516377&w=2","http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.2"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-3623","score":0.03474,"percentile":0.89091,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}