CVE-2008-5700

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 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: 2008-12-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

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 products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.27.8; 2.2.27, 2.4.36, 2.4.36.1, 2.4.36.2, 2.4.36.3, 2.4.36.4 (+100)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f2f1fa78a155524b849edf359e42a3001ea652c0
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
http://secunia.com/advisories/33758
http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
http://secunia.com/advisories/34252
http://secunia.com/advisories/34762
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm

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