ghsa-g59v-xw9p-fc4r
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Published
2022-05-02 00:00
Modified
2025-04-09 03:57
Details

The shmem_delete_inode function in mm/shmem.c in the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file create, remove, and overwrite operations, as demonstrated by the insserv program, related to allocation of "useless pages" and improper maintenance of the i_blocks count.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2008-3534"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2008-08-08T19:41:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The shmem_delete_inode function in mm/shmem.c in the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file create, remove, and overwrite operations, as demonstrated by the insserv program, related to allocation of \"useless pages\" and improper maintenance of the i_blocks count.",
  "id": "GHSA-g59v-xw9p-fc4r",
  "modified": "2025-04-09T03:57:19Z",
  "published": "2022-05-02T00:00:59Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3534"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44489"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=14fcc23fdc78e9d32372553ccf21758a9bd56fa1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git;a=commit;h=14fcc23fdc78e9d32372553ccf21758a9bd56fa1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/26/71"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31881"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32190"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32393"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31134"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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