Description
cfg80211 in net/wireless/scan.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc1 and other versions before 2.6.31-rc6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a sequence of beacon frames in which one frame omits an SSID Information Element (IE) and the subsequent frame contains an SSID IE, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the cmp_ies function. NOTE: a potential weakness in the is_mesh function was also addressed, but the relevant condition did not exist in the code, so it is not a vulnerability.
Published: 2009-08-18
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2834 cfg80211 in net/wireless/scan.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc1 and other versions before 2.6.31-rc6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a sequence of beacon frames in which one frame omits an SSID Information Element (IE) and the subsequent frame contains an SSID IE, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the cmp_ies function. NOTE: a potential weakness in the is_mesh function was also addressed, but the relevant condition did not exist in the code, so it is not a vulnerability.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:07:37.259Z

Reserved: 2009-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2844

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-18T21:00:00.313

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2844

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