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CVE-2009-2909

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2009-10-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Integer signedness error in the ax25_setsockopt function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the ax25 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a crafted optlen value in an SO_BINDTODEVICE operation.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References