kernel: privilege escalation [LWN.net]

Package(s):

linux, linux-source-2.6.15

CVE #(s):

CVE-2010-3301

Created:

September 20, 2010

Updated:

March 3, 2011

Description:

From the Ubuntu advisory:

Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux kernel did not correctly filter registers on 64bit kernels when performing 32bit system calls. On a 64bit system, a local attacker could manipulate 32bit system calls to gain root privileges.

Alerts:

Ubuntu	USN-1083-1	2011-03-03
Ubuntu	USN-1074-2	2011-02-28
Ubuntu	USN-1074-1	2011-02-25
SUSE	SUSE-SA:2011:007	2011-02-07
Ubuntu	USN-1041-1	2011-01-10
Fedora	FEDORA-2010-18983	2010-12-17
Mandriva	MDVSA-2010:247	2010-12-03
Fedora	FEDORA-2010-18432	2010-12-02
Red Hat	RHSA-2010:0842-01	2010-11-10
SUSE	SUSE-SA:2010:045	2010-09-23
SUSE	SUSE-SA:2010:043	2010-09-23
SUSE	SUSE-SA:2010:044	2010-09-23
Slackware	SSA:2010-265-01	2010-09-23
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2010:0655-1	2010-09-23
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2010:0664-1	2010-09-23
openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2010:0654-1	2010-09-23
Mandriva	MDVSA-2010:188	2010-09-23
Fedora	FEDORA-2010-14878	2010-09-17
Fedora	FEDORA-2010-14890	2010-09-17
Ubuntu	USN-988-1	2010-09-17
Mandriva	MDVSA-2010:198	2010-10-07

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