CVE-2008-1669

Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."

Date published : 2008-05-07

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29076

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491740/100/0/threaded