CVE-2008-0600

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-02-12
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.2
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2008-0129	2008-02-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.13.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-0129	2008-02-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.13.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-0129	2008-02-13