CVE-2008-0010

Description

The copy_from_user_mmap_sem 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 allow local users to read from arbitrary kernel memory locations.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5093

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27796

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487982/100/0/threaded

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494

http://secunia.com/advisories/28896

http://secunia.com/advisories/28875

http://secunia.com/advisories/28835

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3