Description
A certain Fedora patch for the utrace subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.5-28 on Fedora 8, and before 2.6.26.5-45 on Fedora 9, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash or hang) via a call to the utrace_control function.
Published: 2008-10-03
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3818 A certain Fedora patch for the utrace subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.5-28 on Fedora 8, and before 2.6.26.5-45 on Fedora 9, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash or hang) via a call to the utrace_control function.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:53:00.215Z

Reserved: 2008-08-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3832

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-10-03T17:41:40.367

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3832

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-3832 - Bugzilla

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