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CVE-2008-0600

CVE-2008-0600

EPSS 3.5%
The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.
Affected products
n/a · n/a
public PoCs found — 2
cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/5092unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/5093unverified
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References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.htmlhttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120263652322197&w=2http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264520431307&w=2http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264773202422&w=2http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266328220808&w=2http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266353621139&w=2https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432229https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432517http://secunia.com/advisories/28835http://secunia.com/advisories/28858