The (1) real_lookup and (2) __lookup_hash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15 do not prevent creation of a child dentry for a deleted (aka S_DEAD) directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service ("overflow" of the UBIFS orphan area) via a series of attempted file creations within deleted directories.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d70b67c8bc72ee23b55381bd6a884f4796692f77
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.15 Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/2/83 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31614 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31836 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32023 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32104 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32344 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33201 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33556 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30647 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020739 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2430 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457858 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44410 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10744 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6551 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/ Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2008-08-12T23:00:00

Updated: 2018-10-03T20:57:01

Reserved: 2008-07-24T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2008-3275

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-08-12T23:41:00.000

Modified: 2023-02-13T02:19:20.703


Link: CVE-2008-3275

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