Vulnerability CVE-2010-0307


Published: 2010-02-17   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
The load_elf_binary function in fs/binfmt_elf.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.8 on the x86_64 platform does not ensure that the ELF interpreter is available before a call to the SET_PERSONALITY macro, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a 32-bit application that attempts to execute a 64-bit application and then triggers a segmentation fault, as demonstrated by amd64_killer, related to the flush_old_exec function.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Linux Kernel 64bit Personality Handling Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Mathias Krause
19.02.2010

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.7/10
6.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Kernel 
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Intel -> E1000 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=221af7f87b97431e3ee21ce4b0e77d5411cf1549
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=126466407724382&w=2
http://marc.info/?t=126466700200002&r=1&w=2
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100088287
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of,20100202,15754.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.8
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:066
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/01/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/01/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/04/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/04/9
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0398.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38027
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-914-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0638
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560547
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10870
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html

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