CVE-2008-7256

LowCVSS 1.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8, when strict overcommit is enabled and CONFIG_SECURITY is disabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1643.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 1.2/10AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jun 3, 2010
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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