CVE-2009-4026

HIGH

Description

The mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8-next-20091201 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted Delete Block ACK (aka DELBA) packet, related to an erroneous "code shuffling patch."

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=827d42c9ac91ddd728e4f4a31fefb906ef2ceff7

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/38017

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.32-rc8-next-20091201.gz

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/2

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37170

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541149

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2009-12-02

Updated: 2012-03-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH