CVE-2009-2849

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-08-18
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.7
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
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