CVE-2009-3280

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3280
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-09-21 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger signedness error in the find_ie function in net/wireless/scan.c in the cfg80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.1-rc1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) via malformed packets.

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 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE request: kernel: cfg80211: fix looping soft lockup in find_ie() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cfg80211: fix looping soft lockup in find_ie() - Patchwork af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patchwork.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
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 Hat2009-09-22Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This vulnerability was introduced into the Linux kernel in version 2.6.30-rc1 via upstream commit 2a519311, and therefore does not affect users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG.

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