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CVE-2009-1389

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2009-06-16 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the RTL8169 NIC driver (drivers/net/r8169.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel memory corruption and crash) via a long packet.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelLinux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References