Description (CNA)
Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215000
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31341
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10974
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29004
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d33369df0
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30769
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30018
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42145
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215000
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31341
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10974
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29004
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d33369df0
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30769
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30018
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42145