CVE-2008-0600

Description (CNA)

The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120263652322197&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27801
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:043
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11358
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28858
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432517
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-577-1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28875
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28933
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00485.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266353621139&w=2
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28889
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28937
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00270.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5092
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29245
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264520431307&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28896
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28925
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28835
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2237
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488009/100/0/threaded
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28912
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0129.html
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266328220808&w=2
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019393
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30818
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432229
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264773202422&w=2

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