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CVE-2009-3280

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-3280 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

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Not vulnerable. This vulnerability was introduced into the Linux kernel in version 2.6.30-rc1 via upstream commit 2a519311, and therefore does not affect users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG.

Last Modified 2018-05-02T10:59:02+00:00

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