CVE-2009-2849

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The md driver (drivers/md/md.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30.2 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors related to "suspend_* sysfs attributes" and the (1) suspend_lo_store or (2) suspend_hi_store functions. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when sysfs is writable by an attacker.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.7/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 18, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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