CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-1294

2.1 LOW Published 2008-05-02 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-05-02
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-399

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.21) • linux linux kernel 2.6.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.3 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.4 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.7 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.8 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.9 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.10 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.11 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.12 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.13 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.14 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.15 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.16 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.17 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.18 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.19 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.20 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.21 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.22 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.23 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.24 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.25 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.26 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.27 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.28 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.29 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.30 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.31 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.32 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.33 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.34 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.35 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.36 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.37 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.38 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.39 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.40 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.41 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.43 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.44 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.45 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.46 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.47 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.48 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.49 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.50 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.51 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.52 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16.53 • linux linux kernel 2.6.16 rc7 • linux linux kernel 2.6.17 • linux linux kernel 2.6.17.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.17.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.17.3 … and 45 more

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References