CVE-2008-4554

Medium

Description

The do_splice_from function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the O_APPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.6
Exploit probability34. percentile0.4%
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedOct 15, 2008
First seenOct 15, 2008

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 2.6.26.5, 2.2.27, 2.4.36, 2.4.36.1, 2.4.36.2, 2.4.36.3, 2.4.36.4, 2.4.36.5, 2.4.36.6, 2.6, 2.6.18, 2.6.19.4, 2.6.19.5, 2.6.19.6, 2.6.19.7, 2.6.20.16, 2.6.20.17, 2.6.20.18, 2.6.20.19, 2.6.20.20, 2.6.20.21, 2.6.21.5, 2.6.21.6, 2.6.21.7, 2.6.22, 2.6.22.1, 2.6.22.2, 2.6.22.8, 2.6.22.9, 2.6.22.10, 2.6.22.11, 2.6.22.12, 2.6.22.13, 2.6.22.14, 2.6.22.15, 2.6.22.17, 2.6.22.18, 2.6.22.19, 2.6.22.20, 2.6.22.21, 2.6.22.22, 2.6.22_rc1, 2.6.22_rc7, 2.6.23, 2.6.23.8, 2.6.23.9, 2.6.23.10, 2.6.23.11, 2.6.23.12, 2.6.23.13, 2.6.23.15, 2.6.23.16, 2.6.23.17, 2.6.23_rc1, 2.6.24, 2.6.24.1, 2.6.24.2, 2.6.24.3, 2.6.24.4, 2.6.24.5, 2.6.24.6, 2.6.24.7, 2.6.24_rc1, 2.6.24_rc4, 2.6.24_rc5, 2.6.25, 2.6.25.1, 2.6.25.2, 2.6.25.3, 2.6.25.4, 2.6.25.5, 2.6.25.6, 2.6.25.7, 2.6.25.8, 2.6.25.9, 2.6.25.10, 2.6.25.11, 2.6.25.12, 2.6.25.13, 2.6.25.14, 2.6.25.15, 2.6.26, 2.6.26.1, 2.6.26.2, 2.6.26.3, 2.6.26.4—

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