CVE-2010-1446 Information

Description

arch/powerpc/mm/fsl_booke_mmu.c in KGDB in the Linux kernel 2.6.30 and other versions before 2.6.33 when running on PowerPC does not properly perform a security check for access to a kernel page which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory related to Fsl booke.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/5/10/458 http://secunia.com/advisories/39830 http://secunia.com/advisories/40645 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/29/9 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/30/1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58840