CVE-2008-3534
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
4.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The shmem_delete_inode function in mm/shmem.c in the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file create, remove, and overwrite operations, as demonstrated by the insserv program, related to allocation of “useless pages” and improper maintenance of the i_blocks count.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | lt | 2.6.26.1 |
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=14fcc23fdc78e9d32372553ccf21758a9bd56fa1
lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/26/71
secunia.com/advisories/31881
secunia.com/advisories/32190
secunia.com/advisories/32393
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/31134
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44489
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4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
4.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%