What is CVE-2009-1192?

CVE-2009-1192 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2009-1192 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1192?

CVE-2009-1192 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-1192?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2009-1192 patch availability.

Is CVE-2009-1192 actively exploited?

CVE-2009-1192 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2009-1192

Medium

The (1) agp_generic_alloc_page and (2) agp_generic_alloc_pages functions in drivers/char/agp/generic.c in the agp subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc3 do not zero out pages that may later be available to a user-space process, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these pages.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2009-04-24

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

None

Vector string

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

References

31 total

Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.30-rc3

Patch Vendor Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34673

Patch
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497020

Patch
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=59de2bebabc5027f93df999d59cc65df591c3e6e
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00002.html

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2009-1192

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2009-04-24

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-1192?

CVE-2009-1192 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2009-1192 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1192?

CVE-2009-1192 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:C/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-1192?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2009-1192 patch availability.
Is CVE-2009-1192 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2009-1192 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.