CVE-2009-2849
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 18, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 18, 2009
Description
The md driver (drivers/md/md.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30.2 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors related to "suspend_* sysfs attributes" and the (1) suspend_lo_store or (2) suspend_hi_store functions. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when sysfs is writable by an attacker.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- RHSA-2009:1540vendor-advisory
- 1022961vdb-entry
- USN-852-1vendor-advisory
- 38794third-party-advisory
- [security-announce] 20100303 VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updatesmailing-list
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.2
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10396vdb-entrysignature
- FEDORA-2009-9044vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20090726 Re: md raid null ptr dereference (when sysfs is writable)mailing-list
- 38834third-party-advisory
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-md-driver-null-pointer-dereference/
- kernel-mddriver-dos(52858)vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20090724 md raid null ptr dereference (when sysfs is writable)mailing-list
- 36501third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.30.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c92900d9a4afb176d3de335dc0da0198660a244
- 37105third-party-advisory
- ADV-2010-0528vdb-entry
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