Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2009-3638
Published: October 29, 2009 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92644
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-3638
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow error. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2009-3638
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc4
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.4
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530515
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125628917011048&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36803
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125632898507373&w=2
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53934
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a54435560efdab1a08f429a954df4d6c740bddf