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CVE-2010-4258 Detail

Description

The do_exit function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not properly handle a KERNEL_DS get_fs value, which allows local users to bypass intended access_ok restrictions, overwrite arbitrary kernel memory locations, and gain privileges by leveraging a (1) BUG, (2) NULL pointer dereference, or (3) page fault, as demonstrated by vectors involving the clear_child_tid feature and the splice system call.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html Broken Link 
http://blog.nelhage.com/2010/12/cve-2010-4258-from-dos-to-privesc/ Third Party Advisory 
http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=10234 Third Party Advisory 
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=33dd94ae1ccbfb7bf0fb6c692bc3d1c4269e6177
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-os-beta-channel-update.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129117048916957&w=2 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/3 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/4 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/7 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/4 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/5 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/9 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/14 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/4 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659567 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/1/543 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4258
NVD Published Date:
12/30/2010
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.