CVE-2009-0322

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0322
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-28 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptiondrivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.13, and 2.6.28.x before 2.6.28.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a read system call that specifies zero bytes from the (1) image_type or (2) packet_size file in /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for linux-2.6.24 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Avaya Products Linux Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
SUSE update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1787-1 linux-2.6.24 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kernel.org Vendor Advisory
Debian update for linux-2.6 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
SUSE update for kernel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1749-1 linux-2.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kernel.org Vendor Advisory
VMware ESX and vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA35390 - SUSE update for kernel - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel 'dell_rbu' Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-751-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel dell_rbu Denial of Service Security Issues - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
VMSA-2009-0016.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
ASA-2009-114 (RHSA-2009-0331) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for kernel-rt - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for linux-2.6 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1794-1 linux-2.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=81156928f8fe31621e467490b9d441c0285998c3 MITRE git.kernel.org
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