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CVE-2008-1375 Detail

Description

Race condition in the directory notification subsystem (dnotify) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24.6, and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120967963803205&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120967964303224&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30017 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30018 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30044 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30108 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30110 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30112 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30116 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30260 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30515 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30769 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30890 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31246 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0157 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0157 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.6 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:104 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491566/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491732/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29003 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019959 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1406/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1452/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42131 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2501 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11843 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1375
NVD Published Date:
05/02/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.