4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The vulnerability exists due to missing boundary checks in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation. This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or escalate privileges.
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7d91d531900bfa1165d445390b3b13a8013f98f7
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7d91d531900bfa1165d445390b3b13a8013f98f7
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
secunia.com/advisories/32485
secunia.com/advisories/32759
secunia.com/advisories/33180
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
www.securitytracker.com/id?1021137
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0957
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460251
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10602