CVE-2009-4026

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."

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2009-12-02

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=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