CVE-2008-2148

Linux Kernel - Access Control

Title source: rule

Description

The utimensat system call (sys_utimensat) in Linux kernel 2.6.22 and other versions before 2.6.25.3 does not check file permissions when certain UTIME_NOW and UTIME_OMIT combinations are used, which allows local users to modify file times of arbitrary files, possibly leading to a denial of service.

References (15)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9dfda1ad0637a89a64d001cf81478bd8d9b6306

[Various Sources] http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/30198

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/30241

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/30818

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/31107

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/31628

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1543/references

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42342

[Third Party Advisory] http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0169

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29134

Scores

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 19.9%

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status draft

Affected Products (22)

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

... and 7 more

Timeline

Published May 12, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026