Bug 127916

Summary:	CAN-2004-0138 Verify interpreter (ipf)
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1	Reporter:	Mark J. Cox <mjc>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Jim Paradis <jparadis>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	2.1	CC:	peterm, riel, security-response-team
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Hardware:	ia64
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Description Mark J. Cox 2004-07-15 11:04:50 UTC

A flaw was found and fixed in 2.6 (and backported to 2.4 on 20040204).
 On ia64 platforms that can allegedly cause a local unprivileged user
to oops the kernel; but others have said that it causes a BUG() and
leaking vma only.

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@3f96a083QbCcQgd-bg2Bt2-LMX-QJg
       
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@4021346f79nBb-4X_usRikR3Iyb4Vg

Therefore fixed in 2.4.25

Comment 1 Jim Paradis 2004-11-17 00:59:23 UTC

This fix will be included in the second U6 respin, scheduled for 11/16/04

Comment 2 Jim Paradis 2004-11-17 04:14:01 UTC

This fix has been committed to the RHEL2.1 U6 source pool for versions
2.4.9-e.56 (x86) and 2.4.9-e.51 (ia64)

Comment 3 John Flanagan 2004-12-13 20:06:37 UTC

An errata has been issued which should help the problem 
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being 
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, 
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report 
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-505.html

Comment 4 John Flanagan 2004-12-13 20:17:13 UTC

An errata has been issued which should help the problem 
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being 
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, 
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report 
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-504.html

Comment 5 Marcel Holtmann 2006-05-31 13:17:51 UTC

The correct CVE name for this issue is CVE-2004-0138.