CVE-2009-2849 (GCVE-0-2009-2849)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-18 20:41 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:07
VLAI?
Summary
The md driver (drivers/md/md.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30.2 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors related to "suspend_* sysfs attributes" and the (1) suspend_lo_store or (2) suspend_hi_store functions. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when sysfs is writable by an attacker.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022961 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/Chang… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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http://secunia.com/advisories/38834 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel… x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/24/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/36501 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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