Description
The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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References
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120263652322197&w=2 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27801 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:043 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11358 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28858 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432517 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-577-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28875 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28933 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00485.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266353621139&w=2 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28889 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28937 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00270.html ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5092 ↗
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29245 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264520431307&w=2 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28896 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28925 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28835 ↗
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2237 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488009/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28912 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0129.html ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266328220808&w=2 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019393 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432229 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264773202422&w=2 ↗