CVE-2010-4258

Vulnerability Description

The do_exit function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly handle a KERNEL_DS get_fs value, which allows local users to bypass intended access_ok restrictions, overwrite arbitrary kernel memory locations, and gain privileges by leveraging a (1) BUG, (2) NULL pointer dereference, or (3) page fault, as demonstrated by vectors involving the clear_child_tid feature and the splice system call.

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References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.htmlBroken Link
• http://blog.nelhage.com/2010/12/cve-2010-4258-from-dos-to-privesc/Third Party Advisory
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=10234Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-os-beta-channel-update.hThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.hThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129117048916957&w=2PatchThird Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/3Mailing ListThird Party Advisory