CVE-2009-1914 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2009-1914?

CVE-2009-1914 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Jun 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The pci_register_iommu_region function in arch/sparc/kernel/pci_common.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 on the sparc64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by reading the /proc/iomem file, related to uninitialized pointers and the request_resource function.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1914?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1914?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-1914 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-1914 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-g43q-mc2v-h35w.