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medium 4.9

CVE-2008-3534 json

The shmem_delete_inode function in mm/shmem.c in the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 allows local users to cause a…

published 2008-08-08 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3520

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The shmem_delete_inode function in mm/shmem.c in the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain sequence of file create, remove, and overwrite operations, as demonstrated by the insserv program, related to allocation of "useless pages" and improper maintenance of the i_blocks count.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 2.6.26.1
  • kernel-rt enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-trace enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-vanilla enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-common enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0857

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-3534 updated

kernel: tmpfs: fix kernel BUG in shmem_delete_inode

  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 5 Server kernel-rt 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt, kernel-rt-trace 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common 2.6.24.7-81.el5rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0857

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Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • lkml.org http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/26/71 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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