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high 7.8

CVE-2009-1389 json

Buffer overflow in the RTL8169 NIC driver (drivers/net/r8169.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

published 2009-06-16 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1387

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.5%
EPSS 5.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the RTL8169 NIC driver (drivers/net/r8169.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel memory corruption and crash) via a long packet.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 5.3 EUS, RHEL 5 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5
  • kernel-PAE RHEL 5.3 EUS, RHEL 5 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5
  • kernel-xen RHEL 5.3 EUS, RHEL 5 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 5.3 EUS, RHEL 5 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5
  • kernel-debuginfo-common RHEL 5.3 EUS, RHEL 5 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5
  • kernel RHEL 4 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 4 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL
  • kernel-xenU RHEL 4 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1193RHSA-2009:1469RHSA-2009:1457RHSA-2009:1211RHSA-2009:1157

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-1389 updated cvss 6.1

kernel: r8169: fix crash when large packets are received

  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 5 Server kernel-rt 2.6.24.7-126.el5rt, kernel-rt-trace 2.6.24.7-126.el5rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 2.6.24.7-126.el5rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common 2.6.24.7-126.el5rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1157
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1193
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS EUS (v. 4.7) kernel 2.6.9-78.0.27.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-78.0.27.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-78.0.27.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-78.0.27.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-78.0.27.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1469
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1211
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1193
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1211
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES EUS (v. 4.7) kernel 2.6.9-78.0.27.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-78.0.27.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-78.0.27.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-78.0.27.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-78.0.27.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1469
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1211
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.2 server) kernel 2.6.18-92.1.28.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-92.1.28.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-92.1.28.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-92.1.28.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-92.1.28.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1457
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.3 server) kernel 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1193
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-89.0.7.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1211

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Exploit prediction

5.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • lkml.org http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/8/194 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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