CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-1375

6.9 MEDIUM 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])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-362

Description

Race condition in the directory notification subsystem (dnotify) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24.6, and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.0 < 2.6.24.6) • linux linux kernel 2.6.25 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 7.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 7.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • opensuse opensuse 10.2 • opensuse opensuse 10.3 • suse linux enterprise desktop 10 • suse linux enterprise server 9 • suse linux enterprise server 10 • suse linux enterprise software development kit 10 • debian debian linux 4.0 • fedoraproject fedora 8

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness

References