CVE-2010-0003

Linux Kernel < 2.6.32.4 - Unauthorized Memory Exposure via Signal Log

Title source: llm

Description

The print_fatal_signal function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.4 on the i386 platform, when print-fatal-signals is enabled, allows local users to discover the contents of arbitrary memory locations by jumping to an address and then reading a log file, and might allow local users to cause a denial of service (system slowdown or crash) by jumping to an address.

References (24)

Core 24

Core References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/12/1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.4

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37724

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/38779

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/69752/

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034250.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/43315

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/39033

Patch x_refsource_confirm

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b45c6e76bc2c72f6426c14bed64fdcbc9bf37cb0

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/38333

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/13/4

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554578

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10550

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/38492

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0042

EPSS Percentile 33.4%

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (3)

debian/debian_linux 4.0

debian/debian_linux 5.0

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.32.4

Published Jan 26, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026