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CVE-2009-2909
Integer signedness error in the ax25_setsockopt function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the ax25 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.2…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.40%
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- redhat
Description
Integer signedness error in the ax25_setsockopt function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the ax25 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a crafted optlen value in an SO_BINDTODEVICE operation.
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)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (4 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 (12)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528887 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-864-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 37351 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 37075 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091007 More kernel CVE info (CVE-2009-2909) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20091002 [071/136] net ax25: Fix signed comparison in the sockopt handler (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 36635 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-10525 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7058842c940ad2c08dd829b21e5c92ebe3b8758 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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