# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Jan 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fmg5-3x35-8gfc

## 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/.

Weakness: CWE-399, CWE-189

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0322?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-0322?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2009-0322 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0322 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-0322 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0322 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0322/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0322/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0322
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0322
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-0322

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