CVE-2010-0415

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2010-02-05
IAVA:
2011-A-0066
Bugzilla:
562582: CVE-2010-0415 kernel: sys_move_pages infoleak

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2010-0415 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

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 issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.1
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Complete

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server (kernel-rt) RHSA-2010:0161 2010-03-23
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) RHSA-2010:0147 2010-03-17

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Ramon de C. Valle for reporting this issue.

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