CVE-2008-1294

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2007-04-17
Bugzilla:
437114: CVE-2008-1294 kernel: setrlimit(RLIMIT_CPUINFO) with zero value doesn't inherit properly across children

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.

Find out more about CVE-2008-1294 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG.

It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) RHSA-2008:0612 2008-08-04

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