{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2008-0009", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The vmsplice_to_user 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 might allow local users to access arbitrary kernel memory locations." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431206", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431206" }, { "name": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1" }, { "name": "ADV-2008-0487", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references" }, { "name": "20080212 CSA-L03: Linux kernel vmsplice unchecked user-pointer dereference", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487982/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt" }, { "name": "FEDORA-2008-1422", "refsource": "FEDORA", "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html" }, { "name": "28896", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28896" }, { "name": "28835", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28835" }, { "name": "27799", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27799" }, { "name": "FEDORA-2008-1423", "refsource": "FEDORA", "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html" }, { "name": "27704", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704" } ] } }