CVE-2008-0009
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…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.97%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 38% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Linux Kernel 2.6.17 < 2.6.24.1 - 'vmsplice' Local Privilege Escalation (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5092local, linuxpublished 9 Feb 2008Verified
- Linux Kernel 2.6.23 < 2.6.24 - 'vmsplice' Local Privilege Escalation (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5093local, linuxpublished 9 Feb 2008Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.97% · top 38% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References11
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431206 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0487 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080212 CSA-L03: Linux kernel vmsplice unchecked user-pointer dereference (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-1422 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 28896 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28835 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27799 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-1423 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 27704 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0022 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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