Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-0307
Published: February 17, 2010 / Updated: July 3, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU93716
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0307
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2010-0307
Install update from vendor's website.
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38027
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/04/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/01/1
- http://marc.info/?t=126466700200002&r=1&w=2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560547
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/04/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/01/5
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=126466407724382&w=2
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38492
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-914-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0638
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:066
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38922
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0398.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39649
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38779
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100088287
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10870
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=221af7f87b97431e3ee21ce4b0e77d5411cf1549
- http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of%2C20100202%2C15754.html