Is CVE-2008-3534 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3534 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3534?

CVE-2008-3534 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-3534

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

The shmem_delete_inode function in mm/shmem.c in the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file create, remove, and overwrite operations, as demonstrated by the insserv program, related to allocation of "useless pages" and improper maintenance of the i_blocks count.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.9 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-400
EPSS score: 0.5% (45th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-3520)
Published: August 8, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3520 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=14fcc23fdc78e9d32372553ccf21758a9bd56fa1
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/26/71(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.1(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31134(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44489(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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