CVE-2008-3833
The generic_file_splice_write function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The generic_file_splice_write function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by splicing into an inode in order to create an executable file in a setgid directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4210.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.19.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c34e2d63231d4bf4852bac8521883944d770fe3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32485
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.19/ChangeLog-2.6.19-rc3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31567
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464450
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45922
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9980
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.19.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c34e2d63231d4bf4852bac8521883944d770fe3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32485
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.19/ChangeLog-2.6.19-rc3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31567
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464450
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45922
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9980
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.