CVE-2008-7256

Published Jun 3, 2010

Last updated a year ago

Overview

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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
1.2
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
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