CVE-2008-5395

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The parisc_show_stack function in arch/parisc/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc7 on PA-RISC allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors associated with an attempt to unwind a stack that contains userspace addresses.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.28; 2.2.27, 2.4.36, 2.4.36.1, 2.4.36.2, 2.4.36.3, 2.4.36.4 (+96)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7a3f5134a8f5bd7fa38b5645eef05e8a4eb62951
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc7
http://marc.info/?l=linux-parisc&m=121736357203624&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/32933
http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32636
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47075

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