Description
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."
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30276 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491740/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.2 ↗
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2518 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1451/references ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1452/references ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30982 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29076 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30116 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30110 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1575 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10065 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30515 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/ ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019974 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30101 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30164 ↗
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0162 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30108 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30252 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00357.html ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00294.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30769 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30077 ↗
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42242 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:104 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30260 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31246 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30112 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html ↗