The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-21T02:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:17.202Z

Reserved: 2008-11-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5182

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-21T02:30:00.437

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:53:29.760

Link: CVE-2008-5182

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-11-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-5182 - Bugzilla