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CVE-2008-5182

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2008-11-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-11-21
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

The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.28) • linux linux kernel 2.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.10 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.3 • 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 2.6.11.9 • linux linux kernel 2.6.11.10 • 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 2.6.13 • 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 2.6.13.5 • 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 2.6.14.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.14.7 • 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 2.6.15.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.15.7 • 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 … and 202 more

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References