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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.9

CVE-2008-5182 json

The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to r…

published 2008-11-21 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5160

cvss
6.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount.

Patch / fix

  • kernel-rt enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-trace enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-vanilla enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-common enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel RHEL 5 2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-PAE RHEL 5 2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-xen RHEL 5 2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 5 2.6.18-128.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0053RHSA-2009:0225RHSA-2009:0021

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-2008-5182 updated cvss 7.2

kernel: fix inotify watch removal/umount races

  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 5 Server kernel-rt 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt, kernel-rt-trace 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0053
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-128.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-128.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0225
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.2 server) kernel 2.6.18-92.1.24.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-92.1.24.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-92.1.24.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-92.1.24.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0021

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Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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