SciLinux 4.x Important: CVE-2010-3081 Local Privilege Escalation

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:35:24 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: kernel security update
Issue date:	2010-09-28
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-3081

This update fixes the following security issue:

* The compat_alloc_user_space() function in the Linux kernel 32/64-bit
compatibility layer implementation was missing sanity checks. This
function could be abused in other areas of the Linux kernel if its
length argument can be controlled from user-space. On 64-bit systems, a
local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their
privileges. (CVE-2010-3081, Important)

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
kernel-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.src.rpm
 i386:
kernel-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.noarch.rpm
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.i686.rpm
 Dependancies:
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-2.7.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELhugemem-2.7.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-2.7.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELxenU-2.7.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELhugemem-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELxenU-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELhugemem-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELhugemem-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELhugemem-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELxenU-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELhugemem-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELxenU-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELhugemem-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELxenU-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-3.1.2-3.i686.rpm
kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELhugemem-3.1.2-3.i686.rpm
kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-3.1.2-3.i686.rpm
kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELxenU-3.1.2-3.i686.rpm
kernel-module-unionfs-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-1.1.5-3.i686.rpm
kernel-module-unionfs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-1.1.5-3.i686.rpm

 x86_64:
kernel-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.noarch.rpm
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL.x86_64.rpm
 Dependancies:
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELlargesmp-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELxenU-2.7.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELlargesmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELxenU-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELlargesmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELlargesmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-0.9.4-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELlargesmp-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELxenU-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELlargesmp-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELxenU-1.4.7-68.2.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELlargesmp-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELxenU-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-3.1.2-3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELlargesmp-3.1.2-3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-3.1.2-3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-squashfs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELxenU-3.1.2-3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-unionfs-2.6.9-89.29.1.EL-1.1.5-3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-unionfs-2.6.9-89.29.1.ELsmp-1.1.5-3.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson