CVE-2008-3911 (GCVE-0-2008-3911)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-04 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:53
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Summary
The proc_do_xprt function in net/sunrpc/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 does not check the length of a certain buffer obtained from userspace, which allows local users to overflow a stack-based buffer and have unspecified other impact via a crafted read system call for the /proc/sys/sunrpc/transports file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2008-08-30 00:00
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