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CVE-2010-4169

Published: 22 November 2010

Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/mprotect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an mprotect system call.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Dave Jones discovered that the mprotect system call did not correctly handle merged VMAs. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
introduced in dab5855

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Not vulnerable

karmic
Released (2.6.31-22.73)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-28.52)
maverick
Released (2.6.35-25.43)
natty
Released (2.6.37-5.13)
upstream
Released (2.6.37~rc2)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=63bfd7384b119409685a17d5c58f0b56e5dc03da
karmic: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~bradf/CVEs/CVE-2010-4169/patches/karmic/linux/0001-perf_events-Fix-perf_counter_mmap-hook-in-mprotect.txt
lucid: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~bradf/CVEs/CVE-2010-4169/patches/lucid/linux/0001-perf_events-Fix-perf_counter_mmap-hook-in-mprotect.txt
maverick: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~bradf/CVEs/CVE-2010-4169/patches/maverick/linux/0001-perf_events-Fix-perf_counter_mmap-hook-in-mprotect.txt
linux-ec2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic
Released (2.6.31-307.27)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-312.24)
maverick Ignored
(end of life)
natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.37~rc2)
linux-fsl-imx51
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic
Released (2.6.31-112.30)
lucid
Released (2.6.31-608.22)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.37~rc2)
linux-lts-backport-maverick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy 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 (2.6.37~rc2)
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 (2.6.37~rc2)
linux-mvl-dove
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic Ignored
(end of life)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-214.30)
maverick
Released (2.6.32-414.30)
natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.37~rc2)
linux-source-2.6.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable

hardy Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.37~rc2)
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 (2.6.37~rc2)