CVE-2009-1914

Linux kernel <2.6.29 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The pci_register_iommu_region function in arch/sparc/kernel/pci_common.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 on the sparc64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by reading the /proc/iomem file, related to uninitialized pointers and the request_resource function.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED

by Mikulas Patocka · textdoslinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33043

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References (10)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=192d7a4667c6d11d1a174ec4cad9a3c5d5f9043c

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://osvdb.org/54908

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51196

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35415

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/03/3

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35656

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/36051

Scores

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 23.9%

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.28.10

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Timeline

Published Jun 04, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026