CVE-2009-1298

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1298
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-12-08 23:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe ip_frag_reasm function in net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.32-rc8, and 2.6.29 and later versions before 2.6.32, calls IP_INC_STATS_BH with an incorrect argument, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and hang) via long IP packets, possibly related to the ip_defrag function.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28 rc7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.28.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.29 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.29 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.29 rc2_git7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.29 rc8-kk All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.29.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.29.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.29.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.29.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.29.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.29.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30 rc4 x86_32 All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30 rc7-git6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.30.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31 rc7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31 rc8 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.31.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.32 rc7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All rc8 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SUSE update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-869-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: kernel-2.6.30.9-102.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
JavaScript is not available. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 twitter.com
Bug 544144 – CVE-2009-1298 kernel: ip_frag_reasm() NULL pointer dereference af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: kernel-2.6.31.6-162.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:329 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Linux devs exterminate security bugs from kernel • The Register af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.theregister.co.uk
www.osvdb.org/60788 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
Fedora update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0161 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-12-09Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as they did not include upstream commit 7c73a6fa that introduced the problem.

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