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CVE-2008-5700

LOW CVSS: 1.9 Published: 2008-12-22 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

libata in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.9 does not set minimum timeouts for SG_IO requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Programmed I/O mode on drives) via multiple simultaneous invocations of an unspecified test program.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References