CVE-2008-4554

Linux Kernel < 2.6.26.5 - Access Control

Title source: rule

Description

The do_splice_from function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the O_APPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file.

References (24)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=efc968d450e013049a662d22727cf132618dcb2f

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32386

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:224

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1017.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466707

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45954

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11142

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31903

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/1

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/14/5

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32918

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32998

... and 4 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 19.3%

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.26.5

linux/linux_kernel

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Oct 15, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026