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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2009-3080 json

Array index error in the gdth_read_event function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8 allows local users to cause…

published 2009-11-20 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3064

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Array index error in the gdth_read_event function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via a negative event index in an IOCTL request.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 4 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 4 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL
  • kernel-xenU RHEL 4 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL
  • kernel-hugemem RHEL 4 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL
  • kernel-largesmp RHEL 4 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL
  • kernel RHEL 5 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5
  • kernel-PAE RHEL 5 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5
  • kernel-xen RHEL 5 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0076RHSA-2010:0046RHSA-2010:0882RHSA-2010:0041

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-2009-3080 updated cvss 7.2

kernel: gdth: Prevent negative offsets in ioctl

  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 5 Server kernel-rt 2.6.24.7-146.el5rt, kernel-rt-trace 2.6.24.7-146.el5rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 2.6.24.7-146.el5rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common 2.6.24.7-146.el5rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0041
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0046
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 ELS) kernel 2.4.21-66.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-66.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-66.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-66.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-66.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-66.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0882
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0076
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0046
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0076
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 ELS) kernel 2.4.21-66.EL, kernel-smp 2.4.21-66.EL, kernel-BOOT 2.4.21-66.EL, kernel-source 2.4.21-66.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.4.21-66.EL, kernel-unsupported 2.4.21-66.EL, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0882
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-xenU 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-89.0.20.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0076
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel-headers 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel-headers 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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