Linux Kernel 'perf_event_mmap()' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

2010.11.25

Credit: Dave Jones

Risk: Low

Local: Yes

Remote: No

CVE: CVE-2010-4169

CWE: CWE-399

CVSS Base Score: 4.9/10

Impact Subscore: 6.9/10

Exploitability Subscore: 3.9/10

Exploit range: Local

Attack complexity: Low

Authentication: No required

Confidentiality impact: None

Integrity impact: None

Availability impact: Complete

Upstream commit dab5855 ("perf_counter: Add mmap event hooks to 
mprotect()") is fundamentally wrong as mprotect_fixup() can free 'vma' 
due to merging. Fix the problem by moving perf_event_mmap() hook to 
mprotect_fixup(). In certain scenario, a local, unprivileged user could 
use this flaw to trigger a denial of service.

Upstream commit:
http://git.kernel.org/linus/63bfd7384b119409685a17d5c58f0b56e5dc03da

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651671

References:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651671

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128984344103497&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128979684911295&w=2

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=63bfd7384b119409685a17d5c58f0b56e5dc03da

http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/63316

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44861

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2

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