CVE-2010-3858

Published: 30 November 2010

The setup_arg_pages function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36, when CONFIG_STACK_GROWSDOWN is used, does not properly restrict the stack memory consumption of the (1) arguments and (2) environment for a 32-bit application on a 64-bit platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted exec system call, a related issue to CVE-2010-2240.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Brad Spengler discovered that stack memory for new a process was not correctly calculated. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Released (2.6.24-28.82)
	jaunty	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	karmic	Released (2.6.31-22.70)
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-27.49)
	maverick	Released (2.6.35-24.42)
	natty	Not vulnerable (2.6.37-2.9)
	upstream	Released (2.6.36~rc4)
	Patches: upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=1b528181b2ffa14721fb28ad1bd539fe1732c583 hardy: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~ogasawara/CVEs/CVE-2010-3858/patches/hardy/linux/0001-setup_arg_pages-diagnose-excessive-argument-size.txt karmic: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~ogasawara/CVEs/CVE-2010-3858/patches/karmic/linux/0001-setup_arg_pages-diagnose-excessive-argument-size.txt lucid: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~ogasawara/CVEs/CVE-2010-3858/patches/lucid/linux/0001-setup_arg_pages-diagnose-excessive-argument-size.txt maverick: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~ogasawara/CVEs/CVE-2010-3858/patches/maverick/linux/0001-setup_arg_pages-diagnose-excessive-argument-size.txt
linux-ec2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	jaunty	Does not exist
	karmic	Released (2.6.31-307.23)
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-311.22)
	maverick	Ignored (binary supplied by "linux" now)
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.36~rc4)
linux-fsl-imx51 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Released (2.6.31-112.30)
	lucid	Released (2.6.31-608.21)
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.36~rc4)
linux-lts-backport-maverick Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	jaunty	Does not exist
	karmic	Does not exist
	lucid	Released (2.6.35-25.44~lucid1)
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.36~rc4)
linux-lts-backport-natty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	hardy	Does not exist
	lucid	Not vulnerable (2.6.38-1.27~lucid1)
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.36~rc4)
linux-mvl-dove Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Ignored (abandonded branch)
	lucid	Released (2.6.32-213.29)
	maverick	Released (2.6.32-414.30)
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.36~rc4)
linux-source-2.6.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Not vulnerable
	hardy	Does not exist
	jaunty	Does not exist
	karmic	Does not exist
	lucid	Does not exist
	maverick	Does not exist
	natty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (2.6.36~rc4)
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	hardy	Does not exist
	karmic	Does not exist
	lucid	Does not exist
	maverick	Released (2.6.35-903.23)
	natty	Not vulnerable (2.6.38-1201.2)
	upstream	Released (2.6.36~rc4)

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