Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

9 Linux Kernel CVEs in September 2009

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In September 2009, 9 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 3 were rated High severity and 6 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. September's 9 CVEs represent 8% of all 2009 Linux kernel CVEs , down from August's 13 (a 31% month-over-month decrease) .

9
Total CVEs
0
Critical
3
High
6
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — September 2009 9 CVEs
All (9) Critical (0) High (3) Medium (6) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2009-3280 linux High 7.8 2009-09-21 Integer signedness error in the find_ie function in net/wireless/scan.c in the cfg80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel b…
CVE-2009-3290 linux High 7.2 2009-09-22 The kvm_emulate_hypercall function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in KVM in the Linux kernel 2.6.25-rc1, and other versions befo…
CVE-2009-2903 linux High 7.1 2009-09-15 Memory leak in the appletalk subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x through 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x through 2.6.31, when the ap…
CVE-2009-3238 linux Medium 5.5 2009-09-18 The get_random_int function in drivers/char/random.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30 produces insufficiently random n…
CVE-2009-3288 linux Medium 4.9 2009-09-22 The sg_build_indirect function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in Linux kernel 2.6.28-rc1 through 2.6.31-rc8 uses an incorrect var…
CVE-2009-3234 linux Medium 4.9 2009-09-17 Buffer overflow in the perf_copy_attr function in kernel/perf_counter.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc1 allows local use…
CVE-2009-3043 linux Medium 4.9 2009-09-02 The tty_ldisc_hangup function in drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc before 2.6.31-rc8 allows local …
CVE-2009-3286 linux Medium 4.6 2009-09-22 NFSv4 in the Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, does not properly clean up an inode when an O_EXCL creat…
CVE-2009-1883 linux Medium 4.4 2009-09-18 The z90crypt_unlocked_ioctl function in the z90crypt driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 does not perform a capability che…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in September 2009?

9 Linux kernel CVEs were published in September 2009, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 3 High, and 6 Medium.

How does September 2009 compare to other months?

September 2009's 9 CVEs represent 8% of all 2009 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to August's 13 CVEs, this was a 31% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2009 breakdown →

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