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CVE-2008-2944

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Published: Jun 30, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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4.9
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.9
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (3)

Fedoraproject
1 product
Fedora Core
Linux
1 product
Linux Kernel
Redhat
1 product
Enterprise Linux
Configuration A
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Fedora Core
Version 6
Linux Kernel
Version 2.6.18
Enterprise Linux
Version 5.0

Related CWEs

CWE-415
Double Free
The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

References (6)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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