Linux Kernel NETLINK_CONNECTOR Error Lets Local Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1023646 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1023646
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2010-0410
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 23 2010
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Impact:
Denial of service via local system
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 2.6.32.8
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in the Linux Kernel. A local user can cause denial of service conditions.
A local user can send specially crafted NETLINK_CONNECTOR messages to consume excessive memory on the target system and potentially cause the kernel to crash.
The vulnerability resides in 'drivers/connector/connector.c'.
Sebastian Krahmer reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A local user can consume excessive memory on the target system or cause the target system to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (2.6.32.8).
The vendor has also issued a source code fix, available at:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f98bfbd78c37c5946cc53089da32a5f741efdeb7
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Vendor URL: www.kernel.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error, State error
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Underlying OS:
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:04:18 +0000
Subject: Linux Kernel
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CVE-2010-0410
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f98bfbd78c37c5946cc53089da32a5f741efdeb7
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.8
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