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CVE-2008-0009

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2008-02-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The vmsplice_to_user function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which might allow local users to access arbitrary kernel memory locations.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References