CVE-2008-1294

Linux kernel <2.6.22 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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.

References (12)

[Issue Tracking] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215000

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d33369df0

[Various Sources] http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29004

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42145

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10974

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/30018

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/30769

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/31341

Scores

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 11.5%

Classification

CWE

CWE-399 CWE-20

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.21

linux/linux_kernel

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published May 02, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026