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CVE-2008-2365

N/A
Published: June 30, 2008 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

Race condition in the ptrace and utrace support in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 through 2.6.25, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) via a long series of PTRACE_ATTACH ptrace calls to another user's process that trigger a conflict between utrace_detach and report_quiescent, related to "late ptrace_may_attach() check" and "race around &dead_engine_ops setting," a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-0771 and CVE-2008-1514. NOTE: this issue might only affect kernel versions before 2.6.16.x.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel· Linux
95%
2.6.102.6.10 rc22.6.112.6.11 rc22.6.11 rc32.6.11 rc42.6.11.112.6.11.122.6.11.42.6.11.52.6.11.62.6.11.72.6.11.82.6.122.6.12 rc12.6.12 rc42.6.12 rc52.6.12.12.6.12.122.6.12.22.6.12.222.6.12.32.6.12.42.6.12.52.6.12.62.6.132.6.13 rc12.6.13 rc42.6.13 rc62.6.13 rc72.6.13.12.6.13.22.6.13.32.6.13.42.6.142.6.14 rc12.6.14 rc22.6.14 rc32.6.14 rc42.6.14.12.6.14.22.6.14.32.6.14.42.6.14.52.6.152.6.15 rc12.6.15 rc22.6.15 rc32.6.15.12.6.15.112.6.15.22.6.15.32.6.15.42.6.162.6.16 rc12.6.16.12.6.16.112.6.16.122.6.16.132.6.16.192.6.16.232.6.16.272.6.16.72.6.16.92.6.172.6.17 rc52.6.17.12.6.17.102.6.17.112.6.17.122.6.17.132.6.17.142.6.17.22.6.17.32.6.17.52.6.17.62.6.17.72.6.17.82.6.182.6.18.12.6.18.32.6.18.42.6.192.6.19 rc12.6.19 rc22.6.19 rc32.6.19 rc42.6.19.12.6.19.22.6.202.6.20.12.6.20.112.6.20.132.6.20.152.6.20.22.6.20.32.6.20.42.6.20.52.6.20.82.6.20.92.6.212.6.21 rc32.6.21 rc42.6.21 rc52.6.21 rc62.6.21.12.6.21.22.6.21.42.6.21.62.6.21.72.6.222.6.22.12.6.22.112.6.22.122.6.22.132.6.22.142.6.22.152.6.22.162.6.22.172.6.22.32.6.22.42.6.22.52.6.22.62.6.22.72.6.22.82.6.232.6.23 rc12.6.23.12.6.23.102.6.23.142.6.23.22.6.23.32.6.23.42.6.23.52.6.23.62.6.23.72.6.23.92.6.23_rc12.6.242.6.24 rc22.6.24 rc32.6.24.12.6.24.22.6.24.62.6.24_rc42.6.24_rc52.6.252.6.25.12.6.25.22.6.25.32.6.25.42.6.25.52.6.9
Enterprise Linux· Red Hatrpm
95%
4.0
Enterprise Linux Desktop· Red Hatrubygems
95%
4.0

References (17)

x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ecfbae093f0c37311e89b29bfc0c9d586eace87
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f358166a9405e4f1d8e50d8f415c26d95505b6de
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5b40e363ad6041a96e3da32281d8faa191597b9
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=117863520707703&w=2
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30850
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3965

CVSS

4.7MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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