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CVE-2008-4554

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2008-10-15 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The do_splice_from function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the O_APPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-264, NVD-CWE-noinfo

References