Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-3832

Description

A certain Fedora patch for the utrace subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.5-28 on Fedora 8, and before 2.6.26.5-45 on Fedora 9, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash or hang) via a call to the utrace_control function.

Affected products

Red Hat/Fedora2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/1nvdExploit
kerneloops.org/oops.phpnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/31536nvd
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45644nvd

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