CVE-2008-1375: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in the directory notification subsystem (dnotify) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24.6, and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 6.06 only; version 7.04 only; version 7.10 only; version 8.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 4.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 8 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.0, before 2.6.24.6 (fixed in 2.6.24.6); version 2.6.25 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 10.2 only; version 10.3 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 10 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 9 only; version 10 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 10 only

Published 2008-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.