CVE-2008-1669 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2008-1669?

CVE-2008-1669 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 May 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."

Weakness: CWE-94, CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1669?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1669?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-1669 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1669 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DSA-1575-1, GHSA-mv22-g92p-cq46.