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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.


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
ubuntu 08.04 linux 2.6.24-23.48
ubuntu 08.10 linux 2.6.27-11.27
ubuntu upstream linux any
ubuntu upstream linux-source-2.6.15 any
ubuntu 07.10 linux-source-2.6.22 2.6.22-16.61
ubuntu upstream linux-source-2.6.22 any

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