CVE-2008-5701

Linux kernel <2.6.28-rc8 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Array index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an o32 syscall with a small syscall number, which leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.

References (10)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e807f9574e37a3f202e677feaaad1b7c5d2c0db8

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/1

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/33078

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/34981

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35011

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32716

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47190

Scores

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 18.4%

Classification

CWE

CWE-189

Status draft

Affected Products (9)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.28

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Dec 22, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026