National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-0415
Original release date:02/17/2010
Last revised:03/19/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The do_pages_move function in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc7 does not validate node values, which allows local users to read arbitrary kernel memory locations, cause a denial of service (OOPS), and possibly have unspecified other impact by specifying a node that is not part of the kernel's node set.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
Official Statement from Red Hat (03/18/2010)
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/CVE-2010-0415.
This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4, as they do not include support for sys_move_pages. It was only introduced in kernel version 2.
6.18 onwards. This was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-9419.html. Future updates in Red Hat Enterprise MRG may address this flaw.
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.33-rc7
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562582
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-0638
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-914-1
External Source: BID
Name: 38144
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2010:0161
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2010:0147
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20100208 Re: CVE request: information leak / potential crash in sys_move_pages
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20100207 Re: CVE request: information leak / potential crash in sys_move_pages
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20100207 CVE request: information leak / potential crash in sys_move_pages
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2010:198
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2010:066
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-2005
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1996
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43315
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 39033
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 38922
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 38779
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 38557
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 38492
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9399
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2010:018
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2010:014
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2010-1787
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2010-1804
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6f5a55f1a6c5abee15a0e878e5c74d9f1569b8b0
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9399
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
