The udp_sendmsg function in the UDP implementation in (1) net/ipv4/udp.c and (2) net/ipv6/udp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 allows…

Description

The udp_sendmsg function in the UDP implementation in (1) net/ipv4/udp.c and (2) net/ipv6/udp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving the MSG_MORE flag and a UDP socket.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

7.1% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-476 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-476 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (26)

• RHSA-2009:1233 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1223 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20100625 VMSA-2010-0010 ESX 3.5 third party update for Service Console kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 37298 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1022761 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 36430 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11514 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 36510 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 37471 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1222 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-852-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 23073 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 36108 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090825 CVE-2009-2698 kernel: udp socket NULL ptr dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067254 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8557 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1e0c14f49d6b393179f423abbac47f85618d3d46 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2009-3316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 37105 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518034 (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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-2698](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-2698.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-2698)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:59 UTC.