Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2008-4554

The do_splice_from function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the O_APPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file.

EPSS: 0.004 (31.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References