CVE-2008-2944
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-2944 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-06-30 21:41:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2022-02-07 19:50:00 UTC |
| Description | Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU GDB testsuite, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2365. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-415
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Fedoraproject | Fedora Core | 6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | 2.6.18 | - | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Red Hat | Enterprise Linux Kernel | 2.6.18 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Red Hat | Enterprise Linux Kernel | 2.6.18 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Red Hat | Fedora Core | 6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Red Hat | Fedora Core | 6 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bug 207002 – crash - mmput()/unmap_vmas() - gdb testsuite | CONFIRM | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| Bug 449359 – CVE-2008-2365 kernel: ptrace: Crash on PTRACE_{ATTACH,DETACH} race | CONFIRM | bugzilla.redhat.com | Exploit |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | XF | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.