Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24497Access Control Bypass
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
kernel is vulnerable to access control bypass. A missing security check in the Linux kernel’s implementation of the install_special_mapping() function could allow a local, unprivileged user to bypass the mmap_min_addr protection mechanism.
References
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.6_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2011-0429
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=462e635e5b73ba9a4c03913b77138cd57ce4b050
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=462e635e5b73ba9a4c03913b77138cd57ce4b050
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/12
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/13
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/2
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/10/3
secunia.com/advisories/42570
secunia.com/advisories/46397
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc6
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45323
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0429
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=662189
lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/9/222
Related
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N