CVE-2008-5701
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 22, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 22, 2008
Description
Array index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an o32 syscall with a small syscall number, which leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20081209 CVE request: kernel: MIPS: Fix potential DOS by untrusted user appmailing-list
- linux-kernel-mips-dos(47190)vdb-entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e807f9574e37a3f202e677feaaad1b7c5d2c0db8
- DSA-1794vendor-advisory
- 33078third-party-advisory
- 35011third-party-advisory
- 34981third-party-advisory
- 32716vdb-entry
- DSA-1787vendor-advisory
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