CVE-2008-1375

Description

Race condition in the directory notification subsystem (dnotify) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24.6, and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11843

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42131

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1452/references

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1406/references

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019959

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29003

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491732/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491566/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:104

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565

http://secunia.com/advisories/31246

http://secunia.com/advisories/30962

http://secunia.com/advisories/30890

http://secunia.com/advisories/30818

http://secunia.com/advisories/30769

http://secunia.com/advisories/30515

http://secunia.com/advisories/30260

http://secunia.com/advisories/30116

http://secunia.com/advisories/30112

http://secunia.com/advisories/30110

http://secunia.com/advisories/30108

http://secunia.com/advisories/30044

http://secunia.com/advisories/30018

http://secunia.com/advisories/30017

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120967964303224&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120967963803205&w=2

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3