CVE-2009-3080
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Array index error in the gdth_read_event function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via a negative event index in an IOCTL request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-129
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3064)
- Published
- November 20, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3064 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux eus
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux server workstation
- redhat / fedora
- redhat / virtualization
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- vmware / esx
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=690e744869f3262855b83b4fb59199cf142765b0
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37435(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37720(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38017(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38276(Broken Link)
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc8(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:030(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0041.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0882.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37068(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10989(Third Party Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12862(Third Party Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7101(Third Party Advisory)
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00777.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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