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CVE-2008-3527

Published: Nov 05, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3527
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*2.6.20.21 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.2.27 (including)2.2.27 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.4.36 (including)2.4.36 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.4.36.1 (including)2.4.36.1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.4.36.2 (including)2.4.36.2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.4.36.3 (including)2.4.36.3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.4.36.4 (including)2.4.36.4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.4.36.5 (including)2.4.36.5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.4.36.6 (including)2.4.36.6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6 (including)2.6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.18 (including)2.6.18 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.18-rc1 (including)2.6.18-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.18-rc2 (including)2.6.18-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.18-rc3 (including)2.6.18-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.18-rc4 (including)2.6.18-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.18-rc5 (including)2.6.18-rc5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.18-rc6 (including)2.6.18-rc6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.18-rc7 (including)2.6.18-rc7 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.19.4 (including)2.6.19.4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.19.5 (including)2.6.19.5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.19.6 (including)2.6.19.6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.19.7 (including)2.6.19.7 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.20.16 (including)2.6.20.16 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.20.17 (including)2.6.20.17 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.20.18 (including)2.6.20.18 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.20.19 (including)2.6.20.19 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.20.20 (including)2.6.20.20 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.22Ubuntuupstream*

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