FKIE_CVE-2009-3280

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-09-21 19:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:11
Severity
Summary
Integer signedness error in the find_ie function in net/wireless/scan.c in the cfg80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.1-rc1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) via malformed packets.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fcc6cb0c13555e78c2d47257b6d1b5e59b0c419a
cve@mitre.orghttp://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/45106/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/stable-review/patch-2.6.31.1-rc1.bz2Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/16/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36421Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fcc6cb0c13555e78c2d47257b6d1b5e59b0c419a
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/45106/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/stable-review/patch-2.6.31.1-rc1.bz2Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/16/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36421Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
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