VFS in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.16, and 2.6.23.x before 2.6.23.14, performs tests of access mode by using the flag variable instead of the acc_mode variable, which might allow local users to bypass intended permissions and remove directories.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=974a9f0b47da74e28f68b9c8645c3786aa5ace1a cve-icon cve-icon
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.16 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28485 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28558 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28626 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28628 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28643 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28664 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28748 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28806 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29245 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019289 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0021 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1479 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23.14 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0089.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486485/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27280 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0151 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39672 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2146 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0001 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9709 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0001 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00828.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:32:24.151Z

Reserved: 2007-12-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-0001

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-01-15T20:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-0001

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-01-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-0001 - Bugzilla

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