Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2008-5182

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Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2008-5182

Published: November 21, 2008 / Updated: October 11, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU95201
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-5182
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-2.6.27-11-virtual (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-2.6.27-11-server (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2008-5182

Install update from vendor's repository.

linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.15-53.75
linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.22-16.61
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.24-23.48
linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.27-11.27
linux-image-2.6.27-11-virtual (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.27-11.27
linux-image-2.6.27-11-server (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.27-11.27

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