Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24044Denial Of Service (DoS)
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
The kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). A missing boundary check was found in the do_move_pages() function in the memory migration functionality in the Linux kernel. A local user could use this flaw to cause a local denial of service or an information leak.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6f5a55f1a6c5abee15a0e878e5c74d9f1569b8b0
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6f5a55f1a6c5abee15a0e878e5c74d9f1569b8b0
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035070.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html
secunia.com/advisories/38492
secunia.com/advisories/38557
secunia.com/advisories/38779
secunia.com/advisories/38922
secunia.com/advisories/39033
secunia.com/advisories/43315
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.33-rc7
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:066
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/07/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/07/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/08/2
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/38144
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-914-1
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0638
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0147
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562582
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9399
Related
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