CVE-2008-3832
Fedora Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via utrace_control Function
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-3832. PoCs published by Michael Simms.
AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a local denial-of-service vulnerability in Fedora 8 and 9 Linux kernels. It mentions that attackers can exploit this issue to crash the kernel, potentially execute arbitrary code, and provides a simple 'gdb' command to trigger the crash.
Description
A certain Fedora patch for the utrace subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.5-28 on Fedora 8, and before 2.6.26.5-45 on Fedora 9, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash or hang) via a call to the utrace_control function.
Exploits (1)
The provided text describes a local denial-of-service vulnerability in Fedora 8 and 9 Linux kernels. It mentions that attackers can exploit this issue to crash the kernel, potentially execute arbitrary code, and provides a simple 'gdb' command to trigger the crash.