CVE-2008-1375 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2008-1375?

CVE-2008-1375 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 2 May 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in the directory notification subsystem (dnotify) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24.6, and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1375?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1375?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-1375 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1375 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-7mhj-67x6-fh4q.