CVE-2008-1294

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-05-02

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-20, CWE-399

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215000
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d333…
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30018
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30769
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31341
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29004
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42145
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10974