Description
The load_script function in fs/binfmt_script.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 does not properly handle recursion, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.
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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/3 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.2 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=868285 ↗