CVE-2008-0010
N/A
Published: February 12, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
The copy_from_user_mmap_sem 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 allow local users to read from arbitrary kernel memory locations.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487982/100/0/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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