Double Free in Linux Kernel
CVE-2008-2944
Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU GDB testsuite, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2365.
Vulnerability class: Double Free
EPSS: 0.004 (35.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.18
- Fedoraproject Fedora_core — versions 6
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 5.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)