CVE-2008-0009 (GCVE-0-2008-0009)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-02-12 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 07:32
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The vmsplice_to_user function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which might allow local users to access arbitrary kernel memory locations.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt Exploit
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/28835
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/28896
secalert@redhat.com http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1 Exploit
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487982/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27799
secalert@redhat.com http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431206 Exploit
secalert@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html
secalert@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/28835
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/28896
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1 Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487982/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27799
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431206 Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html
Impacted products
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