Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2009-2849

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.

EPSS: 0.005 (38.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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