Is CVE-2009-3228 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-3228 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-3228?

CVE-2009-3228 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

CVE-2009-3228

LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

The tc_fill_tclass function in net/sched/sch_api.c in the tc subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x before 2.6.31-rc9 does not initialize certain (1) tcm__pad1 and (2) tcm__pad2 structure members, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.1 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-909
EPSS score: 0.4% (34th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-3211)
Published: October 19, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3211 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux workstation

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/stable/linux-2.4.37.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=096ed17f20affc2db0e307658c69b67433992a7a
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16ebb5e0b36ceadc8186f71d68b0c4fa4b6e781b
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/32830/(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37084(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38834(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.37.6(Broken Link)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.31/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc9(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/05/2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/07/2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/9(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1522.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023073(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520990(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6757(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9409(Third Party Advisory)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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