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CVE-2008-3527

N/A
Published: November 5, 2008 at 02:51 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21 does not properly check boundaries, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to the install_special_mapping, syscall, and syscall32_nopage functions.

Affected

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

References (11)

x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7d91d531900bfa1165d445390b3b13a8013f98f7
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32485
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33180
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html

CVSS

4.6MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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