CVE-2009-3613
The swiotlb functionality in the r8169 driver in drivers/net/r8169.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.22 allows remote attackers to cause…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 12.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The swiotlb functionality in the r8169 driver in drivers/net/r8169.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (IOMMU space exhaustion and system crash) by using jumbo frames for a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by a flood ping.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Linux Kernel 2.6.x - '/drivers/net/r8169.c' Out-of-IOMMU Error Local Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33289dos, linuxpublished 28 Aug 2009Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By redhat
- 10 days later
· 10 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.5% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References19
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10209 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1671 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091015 Re: CVE request kernel: flood ping cause (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1540 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7377 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- USN-864-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 38794 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [security-announce] 20100303 VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97d477a914b146e7e6722ded21afa79886ae8ccd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529137 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 37909 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.22 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:064 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1548 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a866bbf6aacf95f849810079442a20be118ce905 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38834 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36706 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9468 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0528 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3594 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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