CVE-2008-5701

Linux Kernel < 2.6.28 - Denial of Service via o32 Syscall Index Error

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)

Core 10

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47190

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32716

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/1

Patch x_refsource_confirm

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

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/33078

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/35011

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/34981

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787

Scores

EPSS 0.0040

EPSS Percentile 32.6%

Details

CWE

CWE-189

Status published

Products (3)

debian/debian_linux 4.0

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.28 rc1 (7 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.28

Published Dec 22, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026