Resource exhaustion in Linux Kernel
CVE-2008-3534
The shmem_delete_inode function in mm/shmem.c in the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file create, remove, and overwrite operations, as demonstrated by the insserv program, related to allocation of "useless pages" and improper maintenance of the i_blocks count.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (42.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 7.10, 8.04
- Debian Linux — versions 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/26/71 (mailing-list, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32190 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32393 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/31881 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44489 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1 (Broken Link)