CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2137
4.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-05-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The (1) sparc_mmap_check function in arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c and the (2) sparc64_mmap_check function in arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c, in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.5 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.3, omit some virtual-address range (aka span) checks when the mmap MAP_FIXED bit is not set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified mmap calls.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 4.0
• linux linux kernel 2.6.0
• linux linux kernel 2.6.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.8
• linux linux kernel 2.6.9
• linux linux kernel 2.6.10
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.8
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.11
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.12
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12.12
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12.22
• linux linux kernel 2.6.13
• linux linux kernel 2.6.13.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.13.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.13.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.13.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.14.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.15
• linux linux kernel 2.6.15.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.15.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.15.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.15.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.15.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.15.11
• linux linux kernel 2.6.16
• linux linux kernel 2.6.16.13
• linux linux kernel 2.6.16.27
• 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
• linux linux kernel 2.6.17.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.17.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.17.7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.17.8
• linux linux kernel 2.6.17.10
• linux linux kernel 2.6.17.11
… and 56 more
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git-commits-head/2008/5/8/1760604 Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30368 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30499 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588 www.debian.org
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.5 www.kernel.org
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3 www.kernel.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29397 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020119 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1716/references www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42681 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git-commits-head/2008/5/8/1760604 Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30368 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30499 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588 www.debian.org
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.5 www.kernel.org
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3 www.kernel.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29397 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020119 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1716/references www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42681 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com