CVE-2009-4138

CVE Details

Release Date:2009-12-16
Impact:Moderate What is this?

Description


drivers/firewire/ohci.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-git9, when packet-per-buffer mode is used, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unknown other impact via an unspecified ioctl associated with receiving an ISO packet that contains zero in the payload-length field.

See more information about CVE-2009-4138 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


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


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2010-00462010-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-164.11.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2010-00462010-01-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-164.11.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2010-00462010-01-20


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