What is CVE-2009-3290?

CVE-2009-3290 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10. CVE-2009-3290 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-3290?

CVE-2009-3290 has a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-3290?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2009-3290. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2009-3290 actively exploited?

CVE-2009-3290 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2009-3290

High

The kvm_emulate_hypercall function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in KVM in the Linux kernel 2.6.25-rc1, and other versions before 2.6.31, when running on x86 systems, does not prevent access to MMU hypercalls from ring 0, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest kernel crash) and read or write guest kernel memory via unspecified "random addresses."

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2009-09-22

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

7.2

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2009-3290 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2009-3290 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105

Vendor Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/18/1
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/21/1
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/22/8
Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1465.html

Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524124
Oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11328
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=07708c4af1346ab1521b26a202f438366b7bcffd
Patch
Kernel patch commit
http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/38926/
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2009-3290

Severity High

CVSS score 7.2 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2009-09-22

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-3290?

CVE-2009-3290 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10 . CVE-2009-3290 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-3290?

CVE-2009-3290 has a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-3290?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2009-3290. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2009-3290 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2009-3290 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.