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CVE-2008-1375

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1375 describes a race condition in the Linux kernel's dnotify subsystem (versions 2.6.x before 2.6.24.6 and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.1), affecting various Linux distributions including Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating a high severity due to its potential for local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly escalate privileges with medium attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has received negligible community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.24.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 18th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-57.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-53.1.19.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1375Important

kernel: race condition in dnotify (local DoS, local roothole possible)

May 1, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html
Third Party Advisory
marc.info
PatchThird Party Advisory
marc.info
PatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30017
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30018
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30044
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30108
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30110
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30112
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30116
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30260
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30515
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30769
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30818
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30890
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30962
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31246
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42131
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2501
Broken Link
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11843
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 614-1
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.html
Third Party Advisory
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0157
Broken Link
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0157
Broken Link
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1565
Third Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4
Broken Link
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.6
Broken Link
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.1
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/491566/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/491732/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/29003
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-618-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1406/references
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1452/references
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2222/references
Third Party Advisory