VDB
GHSA-fmg5-3x35-8gfc
GHSA-fmg5-3x35-8gfc
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 2, 2022
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/.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
6.900000095367432
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 2, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (4 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7734 url
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81156928f8fe31621e467490b9d441c0285998c3 url
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.2 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34252 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34762 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 url
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded url
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1 url
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 url
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10163 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33656 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33758 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34394 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34502 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34680 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749 url
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