ghsa-hw2g-wprj-fvrq
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Published
2022-05-01 23:27
Modified
2022-05-01 23:27
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2008-0009"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2008-02-12T21:00:00Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-hw2g-wprj-fvrq",
  "modified": "2022-05-01T23:27:15Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T23:27:15Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0009"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431206"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28835"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28896"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487982/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27799"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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