CVE-2008-2944

N/A Unknown
Published: June 30, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
18th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

fedoraproject redhat linux