01 Record
CVE-2008-2365
Race condition in the ptrace and utrace support in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 through 2.6.25, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) via a
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Race condition in the ptrace and utrace support in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 through 2.6.25, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) via a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-06-30 21:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-05-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e165b743795fed85418086eb8fa52d7670465d413efacb1c0c72ca6fe2cbd47d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlinux-kernel-ptraceattach-dos(43567)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43567
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5b40e363ad6041a96e3da32281d8faa191597b9
- www.securitytracker.com1020362http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020362
- sources.redhat.comhttp://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/tests/ptrace-tests/tests/late-ptrace-may-attach-check.c?cvsroot=systemtap
- www.securityfocus.com29945http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29945
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ecfbae093f0c37311e89b29bfc0c9d586eace87
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080714 Re: CVE-2008-2365 kernel: ptrace: Crash on PTRACE_{ATTACH,DETACH} race -- affecting kernel versions <= 2.6.25http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/14/1
- securityreason.com3965http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3965
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10749https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10749
- secunia.com30850http://secunia.com/advisories/30850
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f358166a9405e4f1d8e50d8f415c26d95505b6de
- secunia.com31107http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080626 CVE-2008-2365 kernel: ptrace: Crash on PTRACE_{ATTACH,DETACH} race -- affecting kernel versions <= 2.6.25http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/26/1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-625-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0508http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html
- marc.info[linux-kernel] 20070508 Re: [PATCH -utrace] Move utrace into task_structhttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=117863520707703&w=2