RCE in Linux Kernel

CVE-2008-1669

Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.004 (33.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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