Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24183Information Disclosure
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to information disclosure. A missing upper bound integer check was found in the sys_io_submit() function in the Linux kernel asynchronous I/O implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause an information leak.
References
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html-single/5.5_Technical_Notes/index.html#RHSA-2010:0839
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=75e1c70fc31490ef8a373ea2a4bea2524099b478
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=75e1c70fc31490ef8a373ea2a4bea2524099b478
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
secunia.com/advisories/42778
secunia.com/advisories/42801
secunia.com/advisories/42890
secunia.com/advisories/43291
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc4-next-20100915.bz2
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0758.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0779.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0839.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0839
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=629441
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61884
Related
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C