Linux Kernel 32-bit System Call simulation layer Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Linux Kernel 32-bit System Call simulation layer Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Release date:
Updated on: 2010-09-17

Affected Systems:
Linux kernel 2.6.x
Description:
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Cve id: CVE-2010-3301

Linux Kernel is the Kernel used by open source Linux.

The 32-bit System Call simulation layer does not ensure that the requested system call is in the system call table. Local users can use ptrace to obtain kernel permission improvement.

<* Source: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@linux.intel.com)

Link: http://secunia.com/advisories/41462/
Http://sota.gen.nz/compat2/
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Test method:
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Alert

The following procedures (methods) may be offensive and are intended only for security research and teaching. Users are at your own risk!

Http://sota.gen.nz/compat2/robert_you_suck.c

Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

Linux
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://git.kernel.org /? P = linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git; a = commitdiff; h = 36d001c70d8a0144ac1d038f6876c484849a74de

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