CVE-2008-1294

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.21; 2.6.2, 2.6.2-rc1, 2.6.2-rc2, 2.6.2-rc3, 2.6.16, 2.6.16-rc1 (+136)

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215000
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d33369df0
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
http://secunia.com/advisories/30018
http://secunia.com/advisories/30769
http://secunia.com/advisories/31341
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29004
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42145
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10974

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