CVE-2010-0307

Vulnerability 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.

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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-February/035159.hMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=126466407724382&w=2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?t=126466700200002&r=1&w=2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38492Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38779Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38922Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39649Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43315Third Party Advisory
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100088287Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996Third Party Advisory
• http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of%2C20100202%2C1
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.8Vendor Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:066Third Party Advisory