VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-2909

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-10-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

Integer signedness error in the ax25_setsockopt function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the ax25 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a crafted optlen value in an SO_BINDTODEVICE operation.

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