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CVE-2008-1669
Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1)…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.41%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 64% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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."
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 35 days later
· 35 days 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 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- 30276 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30962 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20080507 rPSA-2008-0162-1 kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2518 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1451 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1452 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:167 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-618-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 30982 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29076 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 30116 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0233 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 30110 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1575 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10065 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-3873 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2222 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30515 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-614-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1019974 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:105 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 30101 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30164 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0162 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30108 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30252 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-4043 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0211 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-3949 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 30769 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30077 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [Security-announce] 20080728 VMSA-2008-00011 Updated ESX service console packages for Samba and vmnix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- linux-kernel-fcntlsetlk-dos(42242) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:104 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 30260 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 31246 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30818 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30112 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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-2008-1670 (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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