CVE-2008-0600

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

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 products

Linux kernel: 2.6.17, 2.6.17-rc1, 2.6.17-rc2, 2.6.17-rc3, 2.6.17-rc4, 2.6.17-rc5 (+98)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120263652322197&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264520431307&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264773202422&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266328220808&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266353621139&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/28835
http://secunia.com/advisories/28858
http://secunia.com/advisories/28875
http://secunia.com/advisories/28889

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