VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-1914

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.67%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2009-06-04

Last modified2026-06-16

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.