Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24783Privilege Escalation
3.6 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. A local user is able to obtain root privileges and modify kernel memory locations to write to the /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method file.
References
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/5
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1253
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680841
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_MRG/2.0/html/Technical_Notes/index.html
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/526b4af47f44148c9d665e57723ed9f86634c6e3
Related
3.6 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P