CVE-2008-3534

Linux kernel <2.6.26.1 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The shmem_delete_inode function in mm/shmem.c in the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file create, remove, and overwrite operations, as demonstrated by the insserv program, related to allocation of "useless pages" and improper maintenance of the i_blocks count.

References (11)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=14fcc23fdc78e9d32372553ccf21758a9bd56fa1

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/26/71

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/31881

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32190

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32393

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636

[Broken Link] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31134

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44489

Scores

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 13.7%

Classification

CWE

CWE-400

Status draft

Affected Products (5)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.26.1

debian/debian_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Aug 08, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026