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CVE-2008-3911

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2008-09-04 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The proc_do_xprt function in net/sunrpc/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 does not check the length of a certain buffer obtained from userspace, which allows local users to overflow a stack-based buffer and have unspecified other impact via a crafted read system call for the /proc/sys/sunrpc/transports file.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References