EUVD-2008-1670

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2008:104)

A 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. CVE-2008-1375 The Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2008:105)

The CIFS filesystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when Unix extension support is enabled, does not honor the umask of a process, which allows local users to gain privileges. CVE-2007-3740 The drm/i915 component in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2, when used with i965G and later chipsets,...

CVE-2008-1669

Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to 1 execute code in parallel or 2 exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."...

Race condition

Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to 1 execute code in parallel or 2 exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."...

CVE-2008-1669

Summary: CVE-2008-1669 affects the Linux kernel and arises from inadequate protection for fcntl in 2.6.x kernels prior to 2.6.25.2. The issue enables local users to (1) execute code in parallel and (2) trigger a race that can give re-ordered access to the descriptor table. Evidence in connected a...