CVE-2008-0009

2008-02-1200:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

2.1

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

EPSS

Percentile

9.8%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/190587>

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	dapper-gutsy not affected. Only 2.6.23 - 2.6.24. See: http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt local root exploit on hardy (exploit code doesn’t exist yet) amitk will upload 2.6.24.2 for hardy soon