CVE-2009-0834
LOW severity · CVSS 3.6
3.6CVSS LOW
Summary
The audit_syscall_entry function in the Linux kernel 2.6.28.7 and earlier on the x86_64 platform does not properly handle (1) a 32-bit process making a 64-bit syscall or (2) a 64-bit process making a 32-bit syscall, which allows local users to bypass certain syscall audit configurations via crafted syscalls, a related issue to CVE-2009-0342 and CVE-2009-0343.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ccbe495caa5e604b04d5a31d7459a6f6a76a756c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123579056530191&w=2Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123579065130246&w=2Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=123597642832637&w=2Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0459.htmlAdvisory