CVE-2008-5182

Description

The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10584

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33503

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332

http://secunia.com/advisories/33854

http://secunia.com/advisories/33756

http://secunia.com/advisories/33706

http://secunia.com/advisories/33704

http://secunia.com/advisories/33641

http://secunia.com/advisories/33623

http://secunia.com/advisories/33348

http://secunia.com/advisories/33083

http://secunia.com/advisories/32998

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3