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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-4302
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-4302

Description:
fs/splice.c in the splice subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2 does not properly handle a failure of the add_to_page_cache_lru function, and subsequently attempts to unlock a page that was not locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel BUG and system crash), as demonstrated by the fio I/O tool.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45191

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA32485
  Secunia Advisory: SA32759
  Secunia Advisory: SA32237

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10547

MLIST
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/10
  http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/20/168

MISC
  http://www.juniper.net/security/auto/vulnerabilities/vuln31201.html

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653

CONFIRM
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.2
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git;a=commit;h=6a860c979b35469e4d77da781a96bdb2ca05ae64

BID
  31201


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