[CVE-2008-1375] Race condition in dnotify.c leads to local DoS and possible privelege escalation
Bug #225948 reported by
Till Ulen
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Description from the National Vulnerability Database:
"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 possible gain privileges via unspecified vectors."
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Thanks Alexander. The security team is currently merging fixes and this is already on their to do list. Just wanted to let you know. Thanks.