2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.4%
The copy_from_user_mmap_sem function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel
2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before
dereference, which allow local users to read from arbitrary kernel memory
locations.
Author | Note |
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jdstrand | dapper-gutsy not affected. Only 2.6.23 - 2.6.24. See: http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt local root exploit on hardy (exploit code exists) amitk will upload 2.6.24.2 for hardy soon |