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title: "CVE-2009-3280\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-3280

Publication date 21 September 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Integer signedness error in the find\_ie function in net/wireless/scan.c in
the cfg80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.1-rc1 allows
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) via malformed
packets.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| linux | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| linux-source-2.6.15 | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3280?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| linux | * Upstream:   <http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fcc6cb0c13555e78c2d47257b6d1b5e59b0c419a> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3280)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3280)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3280)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3280)

### Other references

* <http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/45106/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3280>