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CVE-2008-0009 (GCVE-0-2008-0009)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-02-12 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:32
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Summary
The vmsplice_to_user function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which might allow local users to access arbitrary kernel memory locations.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2008-02-08 00:00
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      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
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}



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