CVE-2010-3301

Linux kernel <2.6.36-rc4-git2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x86_64 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is used, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %rax register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4573 regression.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by ben hawkes · clocallinux_x86-64

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15023

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References (17)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=36d001c70d8a0144ac1d038f6876c484849a74de

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eefdca043e8391dcd719711716492063030b55ac

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/42758

[Third Party Advisory] http://sota.gen.nz/compat2/

[Broken Link] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.36-rc4-git2.log

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:247

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/16/1

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/16/3

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3117

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634449

Scores

EPSS 0.0661

EPSS Percentile 91.2%

Details

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (6)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 9.10

canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.10

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.36 (4 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.36

suse/linux_enterprise_real_time_extension 11 sp1

Published Sep 22, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026