Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1)…

Description

Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs
• CWE-362 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-362 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (45)

• 30276 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30962 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 20080507 rPSA-2008-0162-1 kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2518 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1451 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1452 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:167 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• USN-618-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 30982 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29076 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 30116 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0233 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 30110 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1575 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10065 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-3873 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2222 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 30515 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-614-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 1019974 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:105 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 30101 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30164 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0162 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 30108 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 30252 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-4043 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0211 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-3949 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 30769 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30077 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [Security-announce] 20080728 VMSA-2008-00011 Updated ESX service console packages for Samba and vmnix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• linux-kernel-fcntlsetlk-dos(42242) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:104 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 30260 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 31246 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30818 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30112 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:32 UTC.