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CVE-2008-0009 (Kernel)

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The vmsplice_to_user function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which might allow local users to access arbitrary kernel memory locations.




Original Source: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-0009

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