cvelist/2008/7xxx/CVE-2008-7256.json

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            "value" : "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."
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            "name" : "[oss-security] 20100527 Re: CVE request - kernel: nfsd: fix vm overcommit crash",
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            "url" : "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/27/1"
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            "name" : "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1b79cd04fab80be61dcd2732e2423aafde9a4c1c",
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            "name" : "kernel-shmem-dos(59224)",
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