Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24341Denial Of Service (DoS)
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 denial of service. Missing sanity checks were found in setup_arg_pages() in the Linux kernel. When making the size of the argument and environment area on the stack very large, it could trigger a BUG_ON(), resulting in a local denial of service.
References
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.5_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-0004
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b528181b2ffa14721fb28ad1bd539fe1732c583
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1b528181b2ffa14721fb28ad1bd539fe1732c583
grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c
secunia.com/advisories/42758
secunia.com/advisories/42789
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/21/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/4
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/44301
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0004
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645222
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