Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

13 Linux Kernel CVEs in October 2009

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In October 2009, 13 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 5 were rated High severity and 5 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. October's 13 CVEs represent 12% of all 2009 Linux kernel CVEs , up from September's 9 (a 44% month-over-month increase) .

13
Total CVEs
0
Critical
5
High
5
Medium
3
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — October 2009 13 CVEs
All (13) Critical (0) High (5) Medium (5) Low (3)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2009-3623 linux High 7.8 2009-10-30 The lookup_cb_cred function in fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c in the nfsd4 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.2 attemp…
CVE-2009-3620 linux High 7.8 2009-10-22 The ATI Rage 128 (aka r128) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-git11 does not properly verify Concurrent Command …
CVE-2009-3613 linux High 7.8 2009-10-19 The swiotlb functionality in the r8169 driver in drivers/net/r8169.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.22 allows remote…
CVE-2009-3638 linux High 7.2 2009-10-29 Integer overflow in the kvm_dev_ioctl_get_supported_cpuid function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the KVM subsystem in the Li…
CVE-2009-3722 linux High 7.1 2009-10-30 The handle_dr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.1 does not properly…
CVE-2009-3621 linux Medium 5.5 2009-10-22 net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system han…
CVE-2009-3640 linux Medium 4.9 2009-10-29 The update_cr8_intercept function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc1 does…
CVE-2009-2909 linux Medium 4.9 2009-10-20 Integer signedness error in the ax25_setsockopt function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the ax25 subsystem in the Linux kerne…
CVE-2005-4881 linux Medium 4.9 2009-10-19 The netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.13-rc1 does not initialize certain…
CVE-2009-2908 linux Medium 4.9 2009-10-13 The d_delete function in fs/ecryptfs/inode.c in eCryptfs in the Linux kernel 2.6.31 allows local users to cause a denia…
CVE-2009-2910 linux Low 2.1 2009-10-20 arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.4 on the x86_64 platform does not clear certain kernel regi…
CVE-2009-3612 linux Low 2.1 2009-10-19 The tcf_fill_node function in net/sched/cls_api.c in the netlink subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.32-rc5,…
CVE-2009-3228 linux Low 2.1 2009-10-19 The tc_fill_tclass function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the tc subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in October 2009?

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

How does October 2009 compare to other months?

October 2009's 13 CVEs represent 12% of all 2009 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to September's 9 CVEs, this was a 44% increase month-over-month. View the full 2009 breakdown →

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