Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

7 Linux Kernel CVEs in July 2009

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In July 2009, 7 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 2 were rated High severity and 5 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. July's 7 CVEs represent 7% of all 2009 Linux kernel CVEs , up from June's 4 (a 75% month-over-month increase) .

7
Total CVEs
0
Critical
2
High
5
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — July 2009 7 CVEs
All (7) Critical (0) High (2) Medium (5) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2009-2584 linux High 7.2 2009-07-23 Off-by-one error in the options_write function in drivers/misc/sgi-gru/gruprocfs.c in the SGI GRU driver in the Linux k…
CVE-2009-1895 linux High 7.2 2009-07-16 The personality subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc3 has a PER_CLEAR_ON_SETID setting that does not clear th…
CVE-2009-2407 linux Medium 6.9 2009-07-31 Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_tag_3_packet function in fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in th…
CVE-2009-2406 linux Medium 6.9 2009-07-31 Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_tag_11_packet function in fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in …
CVE-2009-1897 linux Medium 6.9 2009-07-20 The tun_chr_poll function in drivers/net/tun.c in the tun subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and 2.6.30.1, when the -…
CVE-2009-1388 linux Medium 5.5 2009-07-05 The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution…
CVE-2009-2287 linux Medium 4.9 2009-07-01 The kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs function in the KVM in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.30, when running on x86 systems, d…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in July 2009?

7 Linux kernel CVEs were published in July 2009, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 2 High, and 5 Medium.

How does July 2009 compare to other months?

July 2009's 7 CVEs represent 7% of all 2009 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to June's 4 CVEs, this was a 75% increase month-over-month. View the full 2009 breakdown →

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