CVE-2010-1446

Impact

arch/powerpc/mm/fsl_booke_mmu.c in KGDB in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and other versions before 2.6.33, when running on PowerPC, does not properly perform a security check for access to a kernel page, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory, related to Fsl booke.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/5/10/458
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40645
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/9
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/30/1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58840
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/5/10/458
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40645
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/9
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/30/1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58840