CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3911
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The proc_do_xprt function in net/sunrpc/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 does not check the length of a certain buffer obtained from userspace, which allows local users to overflow a stack-based buffer and have unspecified other impact via a crafted read system call for the /proc/sys/sunrpc/transports file.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel 2.6.26.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=27df6f25ff218072e0e879a96beeb398a79cdbc8 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/30/140 Exploit
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/30/184 lkml.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31937 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45136 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=27df6f25ff218072e0e879a96beeb398a79cdbc8 git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/30/140 Exploit
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/30/184 lkml.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31937 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45136 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com