Medium severity · published Aug 12, 2008
CVE-2008-3275
The (1) real_lookup and (2) __lookup_hash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15 do not prevent creation of a child dentry for a…
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The (1) real_lookup and (2) __lookup_hash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15 do not prevent creation of a child dentry for a deleted (aka S_DEAD) directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service ("overflow" of the UBIFS orphan area) via a series of attempted file creations within deleted directories.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 2.6.25.15 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
4.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
10 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
10 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
6.06; 7.04; 7.10; 8.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3275
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3275
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d70b67c8bc72ee23b55381bd6a884f4796692f77
Broken Link
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.15
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html
Exploit
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/2/83
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551
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