CVE-2009-0322 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can crash the system by reading zero bytes from specific Dell RBU firmware driver files in the Linux kernel.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-0322?
CVE-2009-0322 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 28 Jan 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.13, and 2.6.28.x before 2.6.28.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a read system call that specifies zero bytes from the (1) image_type or (2) packet_size file in /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0322?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0322?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2009-0322 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0322 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fmg5-3x35-8gfc.