The compat_alloc_user_space functions in include/asm/compat.h files in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on 64-bit platforms do not properly allocate the userspace memory required for the 32-bit compatibility layer, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the ability of the compat_mc_getsockopt function (aka the MCAST_MSFILTER getsockopt support) to control a certain length value, related to a "stack pointer underflow" issue, as exploited in the wild in September 2010.
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2010-09-24T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:55:46.715Z

Reserved: 2010-08-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2010-3081

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-09-24T20:00:02.183

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:17:59.600

Link: CVE-2010-3081

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2010-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-3081 - Bugzilla