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CVE-2009-1914
The pci_register_iommu_region function in arch/sparc/kernel/pci_common.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 on the sparc64 platform allows…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.67%
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- mitre
Description
The pci_register_iommu_region function in arch/sparc/kernel/pci_common.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 on the sparc64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by reading the /proc/iomem file, related to uninitialized pointers and the request_resource function.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.67% · top 48% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (10)
- kernel-pciregister-dos(51196) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 35656 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1844 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 54908 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 35415 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 36051 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-793-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090603 CVE request: kernel: sparc64: Fix crash with /proc/iomem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=192d7a4667c6d11d1a174ec4cad9a3c5d5f9043c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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