VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-1669
CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-05-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."
Weakness classification
- CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
- CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')