Description
arch/powerpc/mm/fsl_booke_mmu.c in KGDB in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and other versions before 2.6.33, when running on PowerPC, does not properly perform a security check for access to a kernel page, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory, related to Fsl booke.
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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58840 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/30/1 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40645 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/9 ↗
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/5/10/458 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39830 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/3 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857 ↗