What is CVE-2011-3209?

CVE-2011-3209 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2011-3209 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-3209?

CVE-2011-3209 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-2011-3209?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-3209. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2011-3209 actively exploited?

CVE-2011-3209 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2011-3209

Medium

The div_long_long_rem implementation in include/asm-x86/div64.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26 on the x86 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (Divide Error Fault and panic) via a clock_gettime system call.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2012-10-03

Last modified 2026-04-29

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-2011-3209 is classified as CWE-189

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2011-3209 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Ftp
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/3
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732878

Exploit
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f8bd2258e2d520dff28c855658bd24bdafb5102d
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f8bd2258e2d520dff28c855658bd24bdafb5102d
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2011-3209

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2012-10-03

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-3209?

CVE-2011-3209 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2011-3209 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-3209?

CVE-2011-3209 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-2011-3209?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-3209. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2011-3209 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2011-3209 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.