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CVE-2008-7256
Published: Jun 3, 2010
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8, when strict overcommit is enabled and CONFIG_SECURITY is disabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1643.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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References
MDVSA-2010:198
vendor-advisory
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=595970
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kernel-shmem-dos(59224)
vdb-entry
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[oss-security] 20100527 Re: CVE request - kernel: nfsd: fix vm overcommit crash
mailing-list
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