Bug 152411

Summary: CAN-2005-0749 load_elf_library possible DoS
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Reporter: Mark J. Cox <mjc>
Component: kernelAssignee: Ernie Petrides <petrides>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 3.0CC: anderson, jbaron, jparadis, peterm, petrides, riel
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Whiteboard: impact=important,public=20050318,source=vendorsec,reported=20050318
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proposed fix for load_elf_library() none

Description Mark J. Cox 2005-03-29 10:56:03 UTC
A flaw when freeing a pointer in load_elf_library was discovered.  A local user
could potentially use this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash).  See
discussion at:
        
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0503.2/0603.html

Fixed upstream (note important 2nd fix for 2.4)

fixed=2.6 (20050325
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@4244bffczprEXYXBhd4oTqo8WoMTGQ
fixed=2.4 (20050325
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@4244930dPN44h62CZtM0P-qXoOI-7A
fixed=2.4 (20050326
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset@424581efkFnFr5llhjjaiNnTmuS88Q

Comment 1 Ernie Petrides 2005-04-05 01:58:47 UTC
Created attachment 112695 [details]
proposed fix for load_elf_library()

The patch above was posted for review on 4-Apr-2005.

Comment 2 Ernie Petrides 2005-04-14 00:22:44 UTC
A fix for this problem has just been committed to the RHEL3 E5
patch pool this evening (in kernel version 2.4.21-27.0.3.EL).


Comment 3 Ernie Petrides 2005-04-16 01:24:43 UTC
A fix for this problem has also been committed to the RHEL3 U5
patch pool this evening (in kernel version 2.4.21-32.EL).


Comment 4 Josh Bressers 2005-04-22 20:17:40 UTC
An advisory 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-2005-293.html


Comment 5 Tim Powers 2005-05-18 13:29:22 UTC
An advisory 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-2005-294.html