What is CVE-2008-3275?

CVE-2008-3275 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2008-3275 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3275?

CVE-2008-3275 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-3275?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2008-3275 patch availability.

Is CVE-2008-3275 actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3275 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2008-3275

Medium

The (1) real_lookup and (2) __lookup_hash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15 do not prevent creation of a child dentry for a deleted (aka S_DEAD) directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service ("overflow" of the UBIFS orphan area) via a series of attempted file creations within deleted directories.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2008-08-12

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-120

CVE-2008-3275 is classified as CWE-120

See CWE-120 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

32 total

Lkml
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/2/83

Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630

Patch Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636

Patch Third Party Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30647

Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457858

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2008-3275

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2008-08-12

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-3275?

CVE-2008-3275 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2008-3275 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3275?

CVE-2008-3275 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-3275?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2008-3275 patch availability.
Is CVE-2008-3275 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2008-3275 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.