CVE-2009-0322
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.9 · CWE-189
4.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
drivers/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/.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.13Advisory
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.2Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81156928f8fe31621e467490b9d441c0285998c3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33656Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33758Advisory