CVE-2008-5701

NameCVE-2008-5701
DescriptionArray index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an o32 syscall with a small syscall number, which leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1787-1, DSA-1794-1

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fai-kernelssourceetch1.17+etch.24etch2DSA-1794-1
linux-2.6sourceetch2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch2DSA-1794-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)2.6.26-13
linux-2.6.24sourceetch2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.8etch1DSA-1787-1
linux-2.6.24source(unstable)(unfixed)
user-mode-linuxsourceetch2.6.18-1um-2etch.24etch2DSA-1794-1

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