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CVE-2009-4026 Detail

Description

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."


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/03/2009)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. Shipped kernels do not include upstream commits d75636ef and d92684e6 that introduced the problem.

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Hyperlink Resource
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://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.32-rc8-next-20091201.gz Patch 
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

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-4026
NVD Published Date:
12/02/2009
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.