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CVE-2009-3620: Input Validation

First published: Mon Oct 19 2009(Updated: )

Quoting from the upstream commit: Almost all r128's private ioctls require that the CCE state has already been initialised. However, most do not test that this has been done, and will proceed to dereference a null pointer. This may result in a security vulnerability, since some ioctls are unprivileged. This adds a macro for the common initialisation test and changes all ioctl implementations that require prior initialisation to use that macro. Also, r128_do_init_cce() does not test that the CCE state has not been initialised already. Repeated initialisation may lead to a crash or resource leak. This adds that test. <a href="http://git.kernel.org/linus/7dc482dfeeeefcfd000d4271c4626937406756d7">http://git.kernel.org/linus/7dc482dfeeeefcfd000d4271c4626937406756d7</a> Other references: <a href="http://secunia.com/advisories/36707/">http://secunia.com/advisories/36707/</a>

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Linux kernel=2.6.27.29
Linux kernel=2.6.27.12
Linux kernel=2.6.20.6
Linux kernel=2.6.20.9
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.11
Linux kernel=2.6.23.4
Linux kernel=2.6.22.15
Linux kernel=2.6.16.16
Linux kernel=2.6.18.7
Linux kernel=2.6.17.12
Linux kernel=2.6.16.39
Linux kernel=2.6.27.3
Linux kernel=2.6.31
Linux kernel=2.6.29.3
Linux kernel=2.6.21
Linux kernel=2.6.16.9
Linux kernel=2.6.17.9
Linux kernel=2.6.11.2
Linux kernel=2.6.27.1
Linux kernel=2.6.5
Linux kernel=2.6.15.3
Linux kernel=2.6.27.30
Linux kernel=2.6.11.10
Linux kernel=2.6.24.7
Linux kernel=2.6.1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.43
Linux kernel=2.6.16.6
Linux kernel=2.6.16.8
Linux kernel=2.6.20.13
Linux kernel=2.6.22.4
Linux kernel=2.6.27.34
Linux kernel=2.6.14.7
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.27.18
Linux kernel=2.6.13
Linux kernel=2.6.17.2
Linux kernel=2.6.13.3
Linux kernel=2.6.23.13
Linux kernel=2.6.11.8
Linux kernel=2.6.24.2
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.26.5
Linux kernel=2.6.16.34
Linux kernel=2.6.25.20
Linux kernel=2.6.27.37
Linux kernel=2.6.27.21
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.23.7
Linux kernel=2.6.17.8
Linux kernel=2.6.14.4
Linux kernel=2.6.14
Linux kernel=2.6.25.5
Linux kernel=2.6.17.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.18
Linux kernel=2.6.27.27
Linux kernel=2.6.17.14
Linux kernel=2.6.10
Linux kernel=2.6.23.8
Linux kernel=2.6.16.45
Linux kernel=2.6.22.12
Linux kernel=2.6.25.18
Linux kernel=2.6.14.3
Linux kernel=2.6.29
Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.18.3
Linux kernel=2.6.16.37
Linux kernel=2.6.11.6
Linux kernel=2.6.16.48
Linux kernel=2.6.11.11
Linux kernel=2.6.16.13
Linux kernel=2.6.27.10
Linux kernel=2.6.3
Linux kernel=2.6.21.6
Linux kernel=2.6.26.6
Linux kernel=2.6.22.1
Linux kernel=2.6.27.17
Linux kernel=2.6.16.4
Linux kernel=2.6.23.16
Linux kernel=2.6.17.3
Linux kernel=2.6.24.1
Linux kernel=2.6.20.5
Linux kernel=2.6.22
Linux kernel=2.6.28.4
Linux kernel=2.6.4
Linux kernel=2.6.27.16
Linux kernel=2.6.26
Linux kernel=2.6.16.15
Linux kernel=2.6.27.20
Linux kernel=2.6.15.6
Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.26.3
Linux kernel=2.6.20.16
Linux kernel=2.6.15.1
Linux kernel=2.6.11.5
Linux kernel=2.6.28.2
Linux kernel=2.6.25.9
Linux kernel=2.6.19.3
Linux kernel=2.6.27.4
Linux kernel=2.6.27
Linux kernel=2.6.19.4
Linux kernel=2.6.25.13
Linux kernel=2.6.28.5
Linux kernel=2.6.19.1
Linux kernel=2.6.18.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.1
Linux kernel=2.6.18.1
Linux kernel=2.6.20.21
Linux kernel=2.6.27.33
Linux kernel=2.6.27.13
Linux kernel=2.6.23.1
Linux kernel=2.6.2
Linux kernel=2.6.14.5
Linux kernel=2.6.13.2
Linux kernel=2.6.17.5
Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.18.5
Linux kernel=2.6.21.1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.32
Linux kernel=2.6.13.5
Linux kernel=2.6.16.57
Linux kernel=2.6.16.49
Linux kernel=2.6.25.3
Linux kernel=2.6.27.36
Linux kernel=2.6.17
Linux kernel=2.6.24
Linux kernel=2.6.19.2
Linux kernel=2.6.26.2
Linux kernel=2.6.21.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.11
Linux kernel=2.6.20.17
Linux kernel=2.6.16.14
Linux kernel=2.6.20.12
Linux kernel=2.6.16.25
Linux kernel=2.6.27.15
Linux kernel=2.6.16.21
Linux kernel=2.6.16.33
Linux kernel=2.6.30.7
Linux kernel=2.6.8
Linux kernel=2.6.16.28
Linux kernel=2.6.17.10
Linux kernel=2.6.21.5
Linux kernel=2.6.25.15
Linux kernel=2.6.14.1
Linux kernel=2.6.23.15
Linux kernel=2.6.16.23
Linux kernel=2.6.29.4
Linux kernel=2.6.12.5
Linux kernel=2.6.15.7
Linux kernel=2.6.20
Linux kernel=2.6.23.10
Linux kernel=2.6.22.7
Linux kernel=2.6.27.26
Linux kernel=2.6.16.3
Linux kernel=2.6.27.8
Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.26.1
Linux kernel=2.6.25.19
Linux kernel=2.6.20.20
Linux kernel=2.6.16.36
Linux kernel=2.6.30.8
Linux kernel=2.6.14.6
Linux kernel=2.6.12.1
Linux kernel=2.6.27.9
Linux kernel=2.6.11.9
Linux kernel=2.6.16.46
Linux kernel=2.6.17.1
Linux kernel=2.6.20.8
Linux kernel=2.6.27.25
Linux kernel=2.6.30.9
Linux kernel=2.6.20.15
Linux kernel=2.6.22.18
Linux kernel=2.6.0
Linux kernel<=2.6.31.1
Linux kernel=2.6.25.8
Linux kernel=2.6.16.54
Linux kernel=2.6.13.4
Linux kernel=2.6.23-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.20.18
Linux kernel=2.6.23.9
Linux kernel=2.6.22.6
Linux kernel=2.6.23.3
Linux kernel=2.6.18.8
Linux kernel=2.6.22.3
Linux kernel=2.6.12.2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.31
Linux kernel=2.6.16.26
Linux kernel=2.6.16.62
Linux kernel=2.6.18.2
Linux kernel=2.6.28.8
Linux kernel=2.6.16.29
Linux kernel=2.6.29.1
Linux kernel=2.6.23-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.24.4
Linux kernel=2.6.27.19
Linux kernel=2.6.25.16
Linux kernel=2.6.22.9
Linux kernel=2.6.25.17
Linux kernel=2.6.20.11
Linux kernel=2.6.19
Linux kernel=2.6.20.3
Linux kernel=2.6.16
Linux kernel=2.6.30.4
Linux kernel=2.6.28.3
Linux kernel=2.6.22.13
Linux kernel=2.6.19.7
Linux kernel=2.6.21.3
Linux kernel=2.6.27.28
Linux kernel=2.6.24.5
Linux kernel=2.6.16.51
Linux kernel=2.6.15.2
Linux kernel=2.6.20.19
Linux kernel=2.6.16.22
Linux kernel=2.6.22.17
Linux kernel=2.6.16.58
Linux kernel=2.6.16.40
Linux kernel=2.6.27.35
Linux kernel=2.6.16.47
Linux kernel=2.6.16.42
Linux kernel=2.6.27.22
Linux kernel=2.6.23.14
Linux kernel=2.6.17.11
Linux kernel=2.6.16.10
Linux kernel=2.6.12.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.41
Linux kernel=2.6.16.52
Linux kernel=2.6.11.3
Linux kernel=2.6.20.10
Linux kernel=2.6.16.24
Linux kernel=2.6.25.10
Linux kernel=2.6.22.11
Linux kernel=2.6.16.55
Linux kernel=2.6.23
Linux kernel=2.6.12.3
Linux kernel=2.6.22.10
Linux kernel=2.6.29.6
Linux kernel=2.6.23.17
Linux kernel=2.6.27.5
Linux kernel=2.6.23.2
Linux kernel=2.6.25.1
Linux kernel=2.6.25.4
Linux kernel=2.6.28.9
Linux kernel=2.6.30.2
Linux kernel=2.6.7
Linux kernel=2.6.21.7
Linux kernel=2.6.30.6
Linux kernel=2.6.16.30
Linux kernel=2.6.21.2
Linux kernel=2.6.15.4
Linux kernel=2.6.27.7
Linux kernel=2.6.16.59
Linux kernel=2.6.30.1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.38
Linux kernel=2.6.24-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.17
Linux kernel=2.6.26.8
Linux kernel=2.6.20.2
Linux kernel=2.6.28.6
Linux kernel=2.6.16.12
Linux kernel=2.6.16.27
Linux kernel=2.6.16.53
Linux kernel=2.6.28.7
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc7
Linux kernel=2.6.12.6
Linux kernel=2.6.17.7
Linux kernel=2.6.20.1
Linux kernel=2.6.11.7
Linux kernel=2.6.16.2
Linux kernel=2.6.24.6
Linux kernel=2.6.18.6
Linux kernel=2.6.15
Linux kernel=2.6.27.32
Linux kernel=2.6.16.44
Linux kernel=2.6.23.12
Linux kernel=2.6.16.35
Linux kernel=2.6.19.6
Linux kernel=2.6.16.50
Linux kernel=2.6.25.11
Linux kernel=2.6.27.31
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc6
Linux kernel=2.6.29.2
Linux kernel=2.6.23.5
Linux kernel=2.6.22.8
Linux kernel=2.6.14.2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.61
Linux kernel=2.6.19.5
Linux kernel=2.6.18
Linux kernel=2.6.27.24
Linux kernel=2.6.20.4
Linux kernel=2.6.17.6
Linux kernel=2.6.23.6
Linux kernel=2.6.27.2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.7
Linux kernel=2.6.17.13
Linux kernel=2.6.16.60
Linux kernel=2.6.22.2
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1
Linux kernel=2.6.27.11
Linux kernel=2.6.16.56
Linux kernel=2.6.22.19
Linux kernel=2.6.24.3
Linux kernel=2.6.25
Linux kernel=2.6.20.14
Linux kernel=2.6.25.2
Linux kernel=2.6.22.5
Linux kernel=2.6.25.7
Linux kernel=2.6.30.5
Linux kernel=2.6.25.14
Linux kernel=2.6.20.7
Linux kernel=2.6.28.1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.5
Linux kernel=2.6.30
Linux kernel=2.6.11.4
Linux kernel=2.6.26.4
Linux kernel=2.6.25.12
Linux kernel=2.6.16.19
Linux kernel=2.6.27.6
Linux kernel=2.6.26.7
Linux kernel=2.6.25.6
Linux kernel=2.6.11.12
Linux kernel=2.6.16.20
Linux kernel=2.6.15.5
Linux kernel=2.6.28.10
Linux kernel=2.6.22.16
Linux kernel=2.6.11.1
Linux kernel=2.6.30.3
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.9
Linux kernel=2.6.27.23
Linux kernel=2.6.13.1
Linux kernel=2.6.23.11
Linux kernel=2.6.27.14
Linux kernel=2.6.28
Linux kernel=2.6.29.5
Linux kernel=2.6.22.14
Linux kernel=2.6.6
Linux kernel=2.6.12
Linux kernel<2.6.31.1
Fedora=10
Ubuntu Linux=6.06
Ubuntu Linux=8.04
Ubuntu Linux=8.10
Ubuntu Linux=9.04
Ubuntu Linux=9.10
Red Hat MRG Realtime=1.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo=10-sp2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo=10-sp3
openSUSE libeconf=11.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop=10-sp2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop=10-sp3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=10-sp2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=10-sp3

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2009-3620?

    CVE-2009-3620 has been rated as high severity due to the potential for privilege escalation.

  • How do I fix CVE-2009-3620?

    To fix CVE-2009-3620, you should update the Linux kernel to a version that incorporates the necessary patches.

  • Which systems are affected by CVE-2009-3620?

    CVE-2009-3620 affects various versions of the Linux kernel, including those prior to 2.6.31.1.

  • What are the symptoms of exploitation of CVE-2009-3620?

    Exploitation of CVE-2009-3620 may lead to system crashes, unexpected behavior, or unauthorized access to system resources.

  • Is there a workaround for CVE-2009-3620?

    Currently, the best workaround for CVE-2009-3620 is to restrict access to the affected ioctl calls until a patch can be applied.

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