VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-7256
CVSS score1.2 LOW
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-06-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.