VDB
CVE-2008-7256
CVE-2008-7256
PUBLISHED
CVSS 1.2000000476837158 LOW
mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8, when strict overcommit is enabled and CONFIG_SECURITY is disabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1643.
EPSS 0.08% · 22.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
1.2000000476837158
EPSS Score
0.08%
22.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.27.3, 2.6.0, 2.6.1 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Exploit Intelligence
- MDVSA-2010:198 (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=595970 (circl)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.28/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8 (circl)
- kernel-shmem-dos(59224) (circl)
- [oss-security] 20100527 Re: CVE request - kernel: nfsd: fix vm overcommit crash (circl)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b79cd04fab80be61dcd2732e2423aafde9a4c1c (circl)
Timeline
- Jun 3, 2010 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- MDVSA-2010:198 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=595970 url
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.28/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8 url
- kernel-shmem-dos(59224) vdb
- [oss-security] 20100527 Re: CVE request - kernel: nfsd: fix vm overcommit crash mailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b79cd04fab80be61dcd2732e2423aafde9a4c1c url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7256 advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1b79cd04fab80be61dcd2732e2423aafde9a4c1c url