CVE-2010-3904

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-12-06
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The rds_page_copy_user function in net/rds/page.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 does not properly validate addresses obtained from user space, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted use of the sendmsg and recvmsg system calls.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.2
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0792	2010-10-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-194.17.4.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0792	2010-10-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-194.17.4.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0792	2010-10-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2011-0007	2011-02-12