CVE-2009-2849

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-08-18

Description

The md driver (drivers/md/md.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30.2 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors related to suspend_* sysfs attributes and the (1) suspend_lo_store or (2) suspend_hi_store functions. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when sysfs is writable by an attacker.

See more information about CVE-2009-2849 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.7	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-1455	2009-09-30
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-164.2.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-1455	2009-09-30
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-164.2.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-1455	2009-09-30

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