Novell : Security Vulnerabilities, CVEs, Published In July 2008 (Denial of service)
The do_change_type function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not verify that the caller has the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by modifying the properties of a mountpoint.
Max CVSS
7.8
EPSS Score
0.04%
Published
2008-07-09
Updated
2023-02-13
The Linux kernel before 2.6.25.10 does not properly perform tty operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via vectors involving NULL pointer dereference of function pointers in (1) hamradio/6pack.c, (2) hamradio/mkiss.c, (3) irda/irtty-sir.c, (4) ppp_async.c, (5) ppp_synctty.c, (6) slip.c, (7) wan/x25_asy.c, and (8) wireless/strip.c in drivers/net/.
Max CVSS
7.8
EPSS Score
0.04%
Published
2008-07-09
Updated
2023-02-13
2 vulnerabilities found