CVE-2008-2148

Linux Kernel < 2.6.25.3 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via utimensat System Call

Title source: llm

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)

Core 15

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42342

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/30241

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/31107

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/31628

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1

Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1543/references

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/30818

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0169

Patch x_refsource_confirm

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

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/30198

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29134

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0039

EPSS Percentile 31.7%

Details

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Products (22)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.22

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.22.1

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.22.2

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.22.3

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.22.4

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.22.5

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.22.6

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.22.7

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.22.8

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.22.9

... and 12 more

Published May 12, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026