CVE-2008-3077 (GCVE-0-2008-3077)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-07-09 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:21
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.10 on the x86_64 platform leaks task_struct references into the sys32_ptrace function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, possibly a use-after-free vulnerability.
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