CVE-2008-4302
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 29, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 29, 2008
Description
fs/splice.c in the splice subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2 does not properly handle a failure of the add_to_page_cache_lru function, and subsequently attempts to unlock a page that was not locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel BUG and system crash), as demonstrated by the fio I/O tool.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- [oss-security] 20080916 CVE request: kernel: splice: fix bad unlock_page() in error casemailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a860c979b35469e4d77da781a96bdb2ca05ae64
- 32485third-party-advisory
- 32237third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0957vendor-advisory
- linux-kernel-addtopagecachelru-dos(45191)vdb-entry
- DSA-1653vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10547vdb-entrysignature
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462434
- 32759third-party-advisory
- [linux-kernel] 20070720 [PATCH] splice: fix bad unlock_page() in error casemailing-list
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.2
- SUSE-SR:2008:025vendor-advisory
- 31201vdb-entry
- http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln31201.html
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