CVE-2008-3832

Fedora Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via utrace_control Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation 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)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Michael Simms · textdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32451

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.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Fedora 8 prior to kernel-2.6.26.5-28, Fedora 9 prior to kernel-2.6.26.5-45
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the affected system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31536
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45644
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://kerneloops.org/oops.php?number=56705
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464883

Scores

EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 58.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (2)
redhat/fedora 8
redhat/fedora 9
Published Oct 03, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026