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CVE-2008-7256

Date: June 3, 2010

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.

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Related Resources (9)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7256
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.28/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59224
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b79cd04fab80be61dcd2732e2423aafde9a4c1c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=595970
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/27/1
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-7256
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-7256

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): HIGH
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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