CVE-2008-0009
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 12, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 3, 2007
Description
The vmsplice_to_user function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which might allow local users to access arbitrary kernel memory locations.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431206
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1
- ADV-2008-0487vdb-entry
- 20080212 CSA-L03: Linux kernel vmsplice unchecked user-pointer dereferencemailing-list
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt
- FEDORA-2008-1422vendor-advisory
- 28896third-party-advisory
- 28835third-party-advisory
- 27799vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-1423vendor-advisory
- 27704vdb-entry
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