The IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x86_64 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is used, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %rax register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4573 regression.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3299 The IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x86_64 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is used, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %rax register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4573 regression.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-988-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1041-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1074-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1074-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1083-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:03:18.920Z

Reserved: 2010-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-3301

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2010-09-22T19:00:03.323

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-3301

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

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

Links: CVE-2010-3301 - Bugzilla

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