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CVE-2009-0322

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0322 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically affecting versions before 2.6.27.13 and 2.6.28.2. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system by performing a read system call with zero bytes on the image_type or packet_size files within the /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/ directory. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, leading to a complete system availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.27.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.6.28, < 2.6.28.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 3,050 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-108.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.17.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-128.1.6.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0322Moderate

kernel: dell_rbu local oops

Jan 17, 2009

References

git.kernel.org
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.13
Vendor Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.2
Vendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33656
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33758
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34252
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34394
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34502
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34680
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34762
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34981
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35011
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35390
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35394
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37471
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10163
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7734
Third Party Advisory
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1749
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1787
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1794
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0360.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/33428
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-751-1
Third Party Advisory
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3316
Third Party Advisory