CVE-2008-5701

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.7/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-189

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e807f9574e37a3f202e677feaaad1b7c5d2c0db8
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33078Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35011Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32716Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47190Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e807f9574e37a3f202e677feaaad1b7c5d2c0db8
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33078Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35011Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32716Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47190Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Dec 22, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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