CVE-2009-3620 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2009-3620?

CVE-2009-3620 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 22 Oct 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ATI Rage 128 (aka r128) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-git11 does not properly verify Concurrent Command Engine (CCE) state initialization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified ioctl calls.

Weakness: CWE-908, CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3620?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Mrg Realtime, Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3620?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2009-3620 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rgrv-jr8m-xv3m.