Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.28.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004430
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Dec 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Dec 2008

CVE-2008-5395  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.28.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The parisc_show_stack function in arch/parisc/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc7 on PA-RISC allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors associated with an attempt to unwind a stack that contains userspace addresses.

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