CVE-2008-5701

Medium

Description

Array index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an o32 syscall with a small syscall number, which leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.7
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedDec 22, 2008
First seenDec 22, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 2.6.28, 2.6.28—
debian debian_linux4.0—

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