CVE-2008-0009: Input Validation
First published: Fri Feb 01 2008(Updated: )
Description of problem: A new system call named vmsplice() was introduced in the 2.6.17 release of the Linux kernel. Inappropriate dereference of user-supplied memory pointers in the code beginning at line 1378 in the vmsplice_to_user() kernel function (fs/splice.c): The patch for this issue not provided by the reporter.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.23.4 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.22.4 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.23.7 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.24-rc3 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.22.1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.22 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.23.1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.22.7 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.23-rc2 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.23.9 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.22.6 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.23.3 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.22.3 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.23-rc1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.23.14 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.23 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.23.2 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.24-rc2 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.23.5 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.23.6 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.22-rc6 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.22.5 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =2.6.22.16 |
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Reference Links
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431206
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28835
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28896
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27799
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487982/100/0/threaded
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0009 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0009
- https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-0009.json
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=432251
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0009
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0010
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0600
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