CVE-2008-3275
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 12, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 24, 2008
Description
The (1) real_lookup and (2) __lookup_hash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15 do not prevent creation of a child dentry for a deleted (aka S_DEAD) directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service ("overflow" of the UBIFS orphan area) via a series of attempted file creations within deleted directories.
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
- DSA-1630vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0885vendor-advisory
- USN-637-1vendor-advisory
- [linux-kernel] 20080702 Is VFS behavior fine?mailing-list
- 32190third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6551vdb-entrysignature
- DSA-1636vendor-advisory
- 31614third-party-advisory
- 31881third-party-advisory
- 32104third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d70b67c8bc72ee23b55381bd6a884f4796692f77
- 31551third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-2430vdb-entry
- RHSA-2008:0857vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2009:0014vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2008:048vendor-advisory
- 1020739vdb-entry
- 33280third-party-advisory
- 33556third-party-advisory
- 30647vdb-entry
- 32023third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457858
- MDVSA-2008:220vendor-advisory
- 32344third-party-advisory
- linux-kernel-ubifs-dos(44410)vdb-entry
- RHSA-2008:0973vendor-advisory
- 31836third-party-advisory
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.15
- RHSA-2008:0787vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2008:049vendor-advisory
- 33201third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10744vdb-entrysignature
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