CVE-2008-3534 (GCVE-0-2008-3534)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-08-08 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:45
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
The shmem_delete_inode function in mm/shmem.c in the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file create, remove, and overwrite operations, as demonstrated by the insserv program, related to allocation of "useless pages" and improper maintenance of the i_blocks count.
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