--- title: "CVE-2009-0322\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-0322?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2009-0322 Publication date 28 January 2009 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description drivers/firmware/dell\_rbu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.13, and 2.6.28.x before 2.6.28.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a read system call that specifies zero bytes from the (1) image\_type or (2) packet\_size file in /sys/devices/platform/dell\_rbu/. ### From the Ubuntu Security Team The Dell platform device did not correctly validate user parameters. A local attacker could perform specially crafted reads to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | linux | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2.6.27-11.31 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.6.24-23.52 | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | linux-source-2.6.15 | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.6.15-54.76 | | linux-source-2.6.22 | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.6.22-16.62 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0322) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0322) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-0322) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0322) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-752-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-752-1) + Linux kernel vulnerabilities + 7 April 2009 + [USN-751-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-751-1) + Linux kernel vulnerabilities + 6 April 2009 ### Other references *