CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-3280
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-09-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Integer 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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.31)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fcc6cb0c13555e78c2d47257b6d1b5e59b0c419a git.kernel.org
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/45106/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/stable-review/patch-2.6.31.1-rc1.bz2 Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/16/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36421 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fcc6cb0c13555e78c2d47257b6d1b5e59b0c419a git.kernel.org
- http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/45106/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/stable-review/patch-2.6.31.1-rc1.bz2 Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/16/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36421 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry