CVE-2010-3301
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Description
The IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x86_64 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is used, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %rax register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4573 regression.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:247
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/16/1
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