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CVE-2008-5395
The parisc_show_stack function in arch/parisc/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc7 on PA-RISC allows local users to cause…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.38%
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- mitre
Description
The parisc_show_stack function in arch/parisc/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc7 on PA-RISC allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors associated with an attempt to unwind a stack that contains userspace addresses.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% 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: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- 33756 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 35011 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [linux-parisc] 20080729 [PATCH] fix unwind crash - was: Re: 2.6.26 kernel crash (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 34981 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32636 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-1787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-715-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7a3f5134a8f5bd7fa38b5645eef05e8a4eb62951 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- linux-kernel-pariscshowstack-dos(47075) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 32933 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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