CVE-2010-3858
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.9 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
4.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
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=1b528181b2ffa14721fb28ad1bd539fe1732c583
- http://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42758Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619Advisory