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CVE-2008-0600

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2008-02-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-94

References