CVE-2008-7256 | BDVDB-2026-41965 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=595970
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.28/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59224
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/27/1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b79cd04fab80be61dcd2732e2423aafde9a4c1c
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.