CVE-2008-5182 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc5 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32998 http://secunia.com/advisories/33083 http://secunia.com/advisories/33348 http://secunia.com/advisories/33623 http://secunia.com/advisories/33641 http://secunia.com/advisories/33704 http://secunia.com/advisories/33706 http://secunia.com/advisories/33756 http://secunia.com/advisories/33854 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33503 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10584 https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/ https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html