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CVE-2009-3620

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3620 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the ATI Rage 128 driver (r128) within the Linux kernel, affecting versions prior to 2.6.31-git11, including distributions like Canonical, Fedora, and Red Hat. This flaw, rated 7.8 HIGH, allows a local attacker to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and system crash, or potentially escalate privileges, through unverified Concurrent Command Engine (CCE) state initialization via specific ioctl calls. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.31.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
8.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-137.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extended Lifecycle SupportFixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-66.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-89.0.18.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-164.9.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-3620Moderate

kernel: r128 IOCTL NULL pointer dereferences when CCE state is uninitialised

Aug 30, 2009

References

article.gmane.org / gmane.linux.kernel/892259
Broken Link
git.kernel.org
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lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
Mailing List
lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
Broken Link
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
secunia.com / advisories/36707
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37909
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secunia.com / advisories/38794
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secunia.com / advisories/38834
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oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6763
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oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9891
Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html
Mailing ListRelease Notes
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.31-git11.log
Broken LinkPatch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
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mandriva.com / security/advisories
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openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/10/19/1
Mailing ListPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/10/19/3
Mailing ListPatch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1670.html
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1671.html
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redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0882.html
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securityfocus.com / bid/36824
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-864-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0528
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