Description
mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8, when strict overcommit is enabled and CONFIG_SECURITY is disabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1643.
Published: 2010-06-03
Score: 1.2 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-7212 mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8, when strict overcommit is enabled and CONFIG_SECURITY is disabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1643.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-966-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Mrg
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:56:14.578Z

Reserved: 2010-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7256

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Status : Modified

Published: 2010-06-03T14:30:01.460

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2008-7256

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-10-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-7256 - Bugzilla

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