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CVE-2008-0009
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…
Low2.1EPSS 0.97%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.97% · top 38% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431206 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0487 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080212 CSA-L03: Linux kernel vmsplice unchecked user-pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-1422 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 28896 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28835 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27799 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-1423 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 27704 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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