Improper Input Validation Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [2.6.22,2.6.24]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.89% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004489
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed12 Feb 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Feb 2008

CVE-2008-0010  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The copy_from_user_mmap_sem function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allow local users to read from arbitrary kernel memory locations.

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