The (1) real_lookup and (2) __lookup_hash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15 do not prevent creation of a child dentry for a deleted (aka S_DEAD) directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service ("overflow" of the UBIFS orphan area) via a series of attempted file creations within deleted directories.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1630-1 New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1636-1 New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3263 The (1) real_lookup and (2) __lookup_hash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15 do not prevent creation of a child dentry for a deleted (aka S_DEAD) directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service ("overflow" of the UBIFS orphan area) via a series of attempted file creations within deleted directories.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-637-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d70b67c8bc72ee23b55381bd6a884f4796692f77 cve-icon cve-icon
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.15 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/2/83 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31614 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31836 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32023 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32104 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32344 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33201 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33556 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30647 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020739 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2430 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457858 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44410 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3275 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10744 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6551 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3275 cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:28:41.988Z

Reserved: 2008-07-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3275

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-08-12T23:41:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2008-3275

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-07-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-3275 - Bugzilla

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