CVE-2008-3527 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2008-3527?

CVE-2008-3527 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21 does not properly check boundaries, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to the install_special_mapping, syscall, and syscall32_nopage functions.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3527?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3527?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-3527 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3527 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 GHSA-26wc-fvf8-2rgq.