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CVE-2010-3301

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Sep 22, 2010 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
7.2 IMPORTANT
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3301
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

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.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*2.6.36 (excluding)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.36 (including)2.6.36 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.36-rc1 (including)2.6.36-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.36-rc2 (including)2.6.36-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux2.6.36-rc3 (including)2.6.36-rc3 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatkernel-0:2.6.32-71.7.1.el6*
LinuxUbuntujaunty*
LinuxUbuntukarmic*
LinuxUbuntulucid*
LinuxUbuntumaverick*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ec2Ubuntukarmic*
Linux-ec2Ubuntulucid*
Linux-ec2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntukarmic*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntulucid*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntuupstream*
Linux-source-2.6.15Ubuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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