Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

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 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.

EPSS: 0.125 (95.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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