VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-2903

CVSS score7.1 HIGH

EPSS probability3.85%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2009-09-15

Last modified2026-06-16

Description

Memory leak in the appletalk subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x through 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x through 2.6.31, when the appletalk and ipddp modules are loaded but the ipddp"N" device is not found, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via IP-DDP datagrams.