01 Record
CVE-2009-3888
The do_mmap_pgoff function in mm/nommu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.6, when the CPU lacks a memory management unit, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via an application
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The do_mmap_pgoff function in mm/nommu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.6, when the CPU lacks a memory management unit, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via an application
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 54.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-11-16 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-11-05
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- da96d432697d94968fabca46ab72127fd3e48bd40a2d1ddb6ed0fb836156247b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091113 Re: CVE request - kernel: NOMMU: Dont pass NULL pointers to fput() in do_mmap_pgoff()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/13/3
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-864-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091109 CVE request - kernel: NOMMU: Dont pass NULL pointers to fput() in do_mmap_pgoff()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/09/2
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.6
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89a8640279f8bb78aaf778d1fc5c4a6778f18064