CVE - CVE-2008-4302

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4302	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
fs/splice.c in the splice subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2 does not properly handle a failure of the add_to_page_cache_lru function, and subsequently attempts to unlock a page that was not locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel BUG and system crash), as demonstrated by the fio I/O tool.
References
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BID:31201 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31201 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git;a=commit;h=6a860c979b35469e4d77da781a96bdb2ca05ae64 CONFIRM:http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.2 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462434 DEBIAN:DSA-1653 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653 MISC:http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln31201.html MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20070720 [PATCH] splice: fix bad unlock_page() in error case URL:http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/20/168 MLIST:[oss-security] 20080916 CVE request: kernel: splice: fix bad unlock_page() in error case URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/10 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10547 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10547 REDHAT:RHSA-2008:0957 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html SECUNIA:32237 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32237 SECUNIA:32485 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32485 SECUNIA:32759 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2008:025 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html XF:linux-kernel-addtopagecachelru-dos(45191) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45191
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080929	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20080929)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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