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CVE-2008-0009

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
12/02/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.23:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.23:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.23.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.23.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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