CVE-2008-2137 (GCVE-0-2008-2137)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-29 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:49
VLAI?
Summary
The (1) sparc_mmap_check function in arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c and the (2) sparc64_mmap_check function in arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c, in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.5 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.3, omit some virtual-address range (aka span) checks when the mmap MAP_FIXED bit is not set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified mmap calls.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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Assigner
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/30368 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/Chang… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/Chang… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1716… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020119 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/30499 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1588 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29397 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git-commits-hea… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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