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CVE-2008-7256

LOW · CVSS 1.2 EPSS 0.34%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2010-06-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2008-7256
Severity
LOW
CVSS
1.2
EPSS
0.34%
Linux

Original NVD 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.