CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.8%
The vmsplice_to_user 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 might allow local users to access arbitrary kernel memory locations.
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.22 | cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22::: |
linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.23.3 | cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.23.3::: |
linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.23.5 | cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.23.5::: |
linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.24 | cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:rc3:: |
linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.22.6 | cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22.6::: |
linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.23 | cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.23::: |
linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.22.7 | cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22.7::: |
linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.24 | cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:rc2:: |
linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.22.3 | cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22.3::: |
linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.23.4 | cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.23.4::: |
isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt
secunia.com/advisories/28835
secunia.com/advisories/28896
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487982/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704
www.securityfocus.com/bid/27799
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431206
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html