CVE-2008-2944 Use after free in n/a
Local attackers can trigger a double free in the Linux kernel utrace support, causing a system crash and denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-2944?
CVE-2008-2944 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 Jun 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU GDB testsuite, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2365.
Weakness: CWE-415
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2944?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora Core, Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2008-2944?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2944 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2008-2944 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2944 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hqv4-9647-qxr5.