What is CVE-2008-2365?

CVE-2008-2365 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, classified as a Race Condition flaw (CWE-362). CVE-2008-2365 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2365?

CVE-2008-2365 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-2365?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2008-2365. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2008-2365 actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2365 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Race Condition (CWE-362)?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

CVE-2008-2365

Medium

Race condition in the ptrace and utrace support in the Linux kernel 2.6.9 through 2.6.25, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) via a long series of PTRACE_ATTACH ptrace calls to another user's process that trigger a conflict between utrace_detach and report_quiescent, related to "late ptrace_may_attach() check" and "race around &dead_engine_ops setting," a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-0771 and CVE-2008-1514. NOTE: this issue might only affect kernel versions before 2.6.16.x.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2008-06-30

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.7

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-362

CVE-2008-2365 is a Race Condition vulnerability

What is Race Condition?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2008-2365 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Marc
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=117863520707703&w=2
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30850

Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107

Vendor Advisory
Securityreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3965
Red Hat
http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/tests/ptrace-tests/tests/late-ptrace-may-attach-check.c?cvsroot=systemtap
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/14/1
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29945
Securitytracker
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020362
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359
Exchange
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43567
Oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10749
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ecfbae093f0c37311e89b29bfc0c9d586eace87
Patch
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f358166a9405e4f1d8e50d8f415c26d95505b6de
Patch
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5b40e363ad6041a96e3da32281d8faa191597b9
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2008-2365

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.7 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2008-06-30

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-2365?

CVE-2008-2365 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10 , classified as a Race Condition flaw (CWE-362) . CVE-2008-2365 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2365?

CVE-2008-2365 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-2365?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2008-2365. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2008-2365 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2008-2365 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Race Condition (CWE-362)?

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, creating unexpected states. View CWE-362 on MITRE CWE →