What is CVE-2009-0322?

CVE-2009-0322 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2009-0322 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0322?

CVE-2009-0322 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-0322?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2009-0322 patch availability.

Is CVE-2009-0322 actively exploited?

CVE-2009-0322 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2009-0322

Medium

drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.13, and 2.6.28.x before 2.6.28.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a read system call that specifies zero bytes from the (1) image_type or (2) packet_size file in /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2009-01-28

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-189

CVE-2009-0322 is classified as CWE-189

See CWE-189 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

32 total

Kernel.org
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.13

Vendor Advisory
Kernel.org
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.2

Vendor Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33428

Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81156928f8fe31621e467490b9d441c0285998c3
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2009-0322

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2009-01-28

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-0322?

CVE-2009-0322 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2009-0322 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0322?

CVE-2009-0322 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-0322?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2009-0322 patch availability.
Is CVE-2009-0322 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2009-0322 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.