CVE-2008-0009 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2008-0009?

CVE-2008-0009 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 12 Feb 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The vmsplice_to_user function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which might allow local users to access arbitrary kernel memory locations.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0009?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0009?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0009 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-0009 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-0009 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hw2g-wprj-fvrq.