CVE-2008-2944

crash - mmput()/unmap_vmas() - gdb testsuite

Published Jun 30, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU GDB testsuite, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2365.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-2935 Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU GDB testsuite, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2365.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 9:21 AM
Reserved
Jun 30, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 30, 2008, 9:41 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:54 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Sep 18, 2006, 12:00 AM