CVE - CVE-2010-3858

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-3858	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
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.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded EXPLOIT-DB:15619 URL:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619 MLIST:[oss-security] 20101021 CVE request: kernel: setup_arg_pages: diagnose excessive argument size URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/21/1 MLIST:[oss-security] 20101022 Re: CVE request: kernel: setup_arg_pages: diagnose excessive argument size URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/4 MISC:http://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1b528181b2ffa14721fb28ad1bd539fe1732c583 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645222 CONFIRM:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html DEBIAN:DSA-2126 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2010:257 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257 REDHAT:RHSA-2010:0958 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html REDHAT:RHSA-2011:0004 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html UBUNTU:USN-1041-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1 BID:44301 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44301 SECUNIA:42758 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42758 SECUNIA:42789 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 SECUNIA:46397 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0070 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0024 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
Date Entry Created
20101008	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20101008)
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CVE-2010-3858