CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-3620

7.8 HIGH Published 2009-10-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-10-22
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-476, CWE-908

Description

The ATI Rage 128 (aka r128) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-git11 does not properly verify Concurrent Command Engine (CCE) state initialization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified ioctl calls.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.31.1) • fedoraproject fedora 10 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.10 • redhat mrg realtime 1.0 • suse linux enterprise debuginfo 10 • opensuse opensuse 11.0 • suse linux enterprise desktop 10 • suse linux enterprise server 8 • suse linux enterprise server 10

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (3)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
  • CWE-665 Improper Initialization weakness
  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource weakness

References