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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3275
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-3275

Description:
The (1) real_lookup and (2) __lookup_hash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15 do not prevent creation of a child dentry for a deleted (aka S_DEAD) directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service ("overflow" of the UBIFS orphan area) via a series of attempted file creations within deleted directories.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44410

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-637-1

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html

ST
  1020739

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA32190
  Secunia Advisory: SA32023
  Secunia Advisory: SA31881
  Secunia Advisory: SA31614
  Secunia Advisory: SA32344
  Secunia Advisory: SA31836
  Secunia Advisory: SA31551
  Secunia Advisory: SA33556
  Secunia Advisory: SA33201
  Secunia Advisory: SA32104
  Secunia Advisory: SA33280

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6551
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10744

MLIST
  http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/2/83

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636

CONFIRM
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.15
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d70b67c8bc72ee23b55381bd6a884f4796692f77

BID
  30647


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