CVE-2008-3534
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 8, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 7, 2008
Description
The shmem_delete_inode function in mm/shmem.c in the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file create, remove, and overwrite operations, as demonstrated by the insserv program, related to allocation of "useless pages" and improper maintenance of the i_blocks count.
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
- [linux-kernel] 20080726 tmpfs: kernel BUG at mm/shmem.c:814mailing-list
- 32190third-party-advisory
- 32393third-party-advisory
- DSA-1636vendor-advisory
- 31881third-party-advisory
- linux-kernel-tmpfs-dos(44489)vdb-entry
- USN-659-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0857vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=14fcc23fdc78e9d32372553ccf21758a9bd56fa1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1
- 31134vdb-entry
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