local privilege escalation in kernel

2004-08-0908:40:13

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0.078 Low

EPSS

Percentile

93.5%

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Paul Starzetz from iSEC informed us about a race condition in the 64bit file offset handling code of the kernel.

Solution

The is no workaround known for this problem. Please install the update package for the kernel on your system.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
openSUSE9.0i586k_athlon< 2.4.21-238k_athlon-2.4.21-238.i586.rpm
openSUSE8.0i386k_i386< 2.4.18-310k_i386-2.4.18-310.i386.rpm
openSUSE8.2i586k_deflt< 2.4.20-118k_deflt-2.4.20-118.i586.rpm
openSUSE9.0i586kernel-source< 2.4.21-238kernel-source-2.4.21-238.i586.rpm
openSUSE8.0i386k_deflt< 2.4.18-310k_deflt-2.4.18-310.i386.rpm
openSUSE9.1i586kernel-default< 2.6.5-7.104kernel-default-2.6.5-7.104.i586.rpm
openSUSE9.0x86_64kernel-source< 2.4.21-238kernel-source-2.4.21-238.x86_64.rpm
openSUSE8.1i586k_smp< 2.4.21-238k_smp-2.4.21-238.i586.rpm
openSUSE8.1i586k_deflt< 2.4.21-238k_deflt-2.4.21-238.i586.rpm
openSUSE9.1i586kernel-syms< 2.6.5-7.104kernel-syms-2.6.5-7.104.i586.rpm

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
openSUSE	9.0	i586	k_athlon	< 2.4.21-238	k_athlon-2.4.21-238.i586.rpm
openSUSE	8.0	i386	k_i386	< 2.4.18-310	k_i386-2.4.18-310.i386.rpm
openSUSE	8.2	i586	k_deflt	< 2.4.20-118	k_deflt-2.4.20-118.i586.rpm
openSUSE	9.0	i586	kernel-source	< 2.4.21-238	kernel-source-2.4.21-238.i586.rpm
openSUSE	8.0	i386	k_deflt	< 2.4.18-310	k_deflt-2.4.18-310.i386.rpm
openSUSE	9.1	i586	kernel-default	< 2.6.5-7.104	kernel-default-2.6.5-7.104.i586.rpm
openSUSE	9.0	x86_64	kernel-source	< 2.4.21-238	kernel-source-2.4.21-238.x86_64.rpm
openSUSE	8.1	i586	k_smp	< 2.4.21-238	k_smp-2.4.21-238.i586.rpm
openSUSE	8.1	i586	k_deflt	< 2.4.21-238	k_deflt-2.4.21-238.i586.rpm
openSUSE	9.1	i586	kernel-syms	< 2.6.5-7.104	kernel-syms-2.6.5-7.104.i586.rpm