Explain CVE-2008-0007
Linux kernel before 2.6.22.17, when using certain drivers that register a fault handler that does not perform range checks, allows local users to access kernel memory via an out-of-range offset.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '1019357', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://securitytracker.com/id?1019357'}, {'name': '20080208 rPSA-2008-0048-1 kernel', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487808/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2008:017', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00007.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.17'}, {'name': '27686', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27686'}, {'name': '28806', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/28806'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2008:0237', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html'}, {'name': 'USN-618-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1'}, {'name': '28826', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/28826'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9412', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9412'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1'}, {'name': 'DSA-1565', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2008:112', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112'}, {'name': 'DSA-1504', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504'}, {'name': '30116', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30116'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0048'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2008:0233', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html'}, {'name': '[linux-kernel] 20080206 [patch 60/73] vm audit: add VM_DONTEXPAND to mmap for drivers that need it (CVE-2008-0007)', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/6/457'}, {'name': '30110', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30110'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-2222', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references'}, {'name': '33280', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/33280'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2008:044', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2008:072', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:072'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2008:174', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-0445', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0445/references'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2008:006', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html'}, {'name': 'DSA-1503', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503'}, {'name': '29058', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29058'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2008:0211', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html'}, {'name': '27705', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27705'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2008:0787', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html'}, {'name': '30769', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30769'}, {'name': '[Security-announce] 20080728 VMSA-2008-00011 Updated ESX service console packages for Samba and vmnix', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html'}, {'name': '30018', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30018'}, {'name': '31246', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/31246'}, {'name': '29570', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29570'}, {'name': '30112', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30112'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED