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CVE-2008-3534
medium
Description
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.
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44489
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31134
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393