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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-0009
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Description: The vmsplice_to_user 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 might allow local users to access arbitrary kernel memory locations.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SAID Secunia Advisory: SA28835 Secunia Advisory: SA28896 MISC http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt FEDORA CONFIRM http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487982/100/0/threaded BID 27704 27799

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