CVE-2010-0003

Vulnerability Description

The print_fatal_signal function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4 on the i386 platform, when print-fatal-signals is enabled, allows local users to discover the contents of arbitrary memory locations by jumping to an address and then reading a log file, and might allow local users to cause a denial of service (system slowdown or crash) by jumping to an address.

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References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.htThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/69752/Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38333Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38492Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38779Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39033Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43315Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4Vendor Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/12/1Mailing ListThird Party Advisory