CVE-2008-0010
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD
The copy_from_user_mmap_sem function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allow local users to read from arbitrary kernel memory locations.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.9% (60th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0023)
- Published
- February 12, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0023 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28835
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28875
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28896
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487982/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27796
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5093
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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