CVE-2008-0600 Information

Description

The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120263652322197&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264520431307&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264773202422&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266328220808&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266353621139&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/28835 http://secunia.com/advisories/28858 http://secunia.com/advisories/28875 http://secunia.com/advisories/28889 http://secunia.com/advisories/28896 http://secunia.com/advisories/28912 http://secunia.com/advisories/28925 http://secunia.com/advisories/28933 http://secunia.com/advisories/28937 http://secunia.com/advisories/29245 http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 http://securitytracker.com/id?1019393 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:043 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0129.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488009/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27801 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-577-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432229 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432517 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2237 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11358 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5092 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00270.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00485.html