PT-2009-5910 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Eugene Teo · Published 2009-10-29 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2009-3638

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.31.4

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the kvm dev ioctl get supported cpuid function, which can be triggered by a local user via a KVM GET SUPPORTED CPUID request to the kvm arch dev ioctl function. This can have an unspecified impact on the system.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.31.4, update to version 2.6.31.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3638

DSA-1927-1

DSA-1962-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 12

• 🔥 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125628917011048&w=2 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125632898507373&w=2 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530515 · Exploit
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00190.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3638 · Security Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc4 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/36803 · Patch
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329 · Vendor Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a54435560efdab1a08f429a954df4d6c740bddf · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53934 · Note