mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8, when strict overcommit is enabled and CONFIG_SECURITY is disabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1643.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-06-03T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:56:14.578Z

Reserved: 2010-06-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-7256

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-06-03T14:30:01.460

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:03:29.517

Link: CVE-2008-7256

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-10-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-7256 - Bugzilla