Description (CNA)
The copy_from_user_mmap_sem function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allow local users to read from arbitrary kernel memory locations.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27796
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28875
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487982/100/0/threaded
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28896
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28835
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5093
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27796
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28875
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487982/100/0/threaded
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28896
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28835
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5093
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704