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CVE-2009-4138: Null Pointer Dereference

First published: Fri Dec 11 2009(Updated: )

drivers/firewire/ohci.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-git9, when packet-per-buffer mode is used, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unknown other impact via an unspecified ioctl associated with receiving an ISO packet that contains zero in the payload-length field.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/kernel-rt<0:2.6.24.7-161.el5
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5
redhat/kernel<0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5
0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5
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=2.6.11
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=2.6.31-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.9
Linux Kernel=2.6.32-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.27.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.32-rc5
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=2.6.31.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.20.13
Linux Kernel=2.6.22.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.7
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=2.6.26.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.34
Linux Kernel=2.6.25.20
Linux Kernel=2.6.27.21
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=2.6.18.3
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=2.6.31.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.32
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=2.6.31.6
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=2.6.26.3
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=2.6.31-rc1
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=2.6.32-rc6
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=2.6.17
Linux Kernel=2.6.24
Linux Kernel=2.6.31-rc6
Linux Kernel=2.6.31.1
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=2.6.26.1
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=2.6.25.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.54
Linux Kernel=2.6.32-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.4
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=2.6.31-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.29
Linux Kernel=2.6.29.1
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=2.6.32-rc7
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<=2.6.32
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=2.6.31-rc7
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=2.6.16.17
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=2.6.31.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.27
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.53
Linux Kernel=2.6.28.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.31-rc8
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=2.6.31-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.18.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.15
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=2.6.29.2
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=2.6.31-rc2
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=2.6.31.2
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=2.6.32-rc3
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=2.6.9
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

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2009-4138?

    The severity of CVE-2009-4138 is classified as moderate due to the potential for denial of service and system crashes.

  • How do I fix CVE-2009-4138?

    To fix CVE-2009-4138, update your Linux kernel to version 2.6.32 or later.

  • What are the potential impacts of CVE-2009-4138?

    CVE-2009-4138 can lead to a denial of service through NULL pointer dereference, causing system crashes.

  • Which Linux kernel versions are affected by CVE-2009-4138?

    CVE-2009-4138 affects the Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.32-git9.

  • Are there any known exploits for CVE-2009-4138?

    While there are no confirmed public exploits for CVE-2009-4138, it is advisable to apply updates to mitigate potential risks.

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