CVE-2010-3858

CVE Details

Release Date:

2010-11-30

Description

The setup_arg_pages function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36, when CONFIG_STACK_GROWSDOWN is used, does not properly restrict the stack memory consumption of the (1) arguments and (2) environment for a 32-bit application on a 64-bit platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted exec system call, a related issue to CVE-2010-2240. fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not enable the OOM Killer to assess use of stack memory by arrays representing the (1) arguments and (2) environment, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted exec system call, aka an OOM dodging issue, a related issue to CVE-2010-3858.

See more information about CVE-2010-3858 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0004	2011-01-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-194.32.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0004	2011-01-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-194.32.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2011-0004	2011-01-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0836	2011-06-02

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