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CVE-2008-3527

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2008-11-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21 does not properly check boundaries, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to the install_special_mapping, syscall, and syscall32_nopage functions.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References