Bug 137625 - Kernel: linux ppc 32 user triggerable DoS (CVE-2006-2448)
Bug#: 137625 Product:  Gentoo Security Version: unspecified Platform: PPC
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: normal Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: security@gentoo.org Reported By: jaervosz@gentoo.org
Component: Kernel
URL:  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c85d1f9d358b24c5b05c3a2783a78423775a080
Summary: Kernel: linux ppc 32 user triggerable DoS (CVE-2006-2448)
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: [linux <2.6.16.21]
Opened: 2006-06-22 11:02 0000
Description:   Opened: 2006-06-22 11:02 0000 
This fixes a bug found by Dave Jones that means that it is possible
 for userspace to provoke a machine check on 32-bit kernels.  This
 also fixes a couple of other places where I found similar problems
 by inspection.

------- Comment #1 From Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2006-06-24 13:07:56 0000 ------- 
dsd: Please add to genpatches-2.6.16.

------- Comment #2 From Daniel Drake 2006-07-01 04:51:51 0000 ------- 
Fixed in gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r11 / genpatches-2.6.16-23

------- Comment #3 From Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2006-07-02 08:37:36 0000 ------- 
Maintainers please bump to 2.6.16.23 preferably or genpatches-2.6.16-13; does
not affect 2.6.17:

ck-sources-2.6.16: marineam
hardened-sources-2.6: johnm, hardened
mips-sources-2.6.16: `Kumba
rsbac-sources-2.6: kang
sh-sources-2.6: vapier
suspend2-sources-2.6: brix
usermode-sources-2.6: dang
xbox-sources-2.6: chrb, gimli
xen-sources-2.6: chrb, agriffis

------- Comment #4 From Daniel Gryniewicz 2006-07-03 11:03:26 0000 ------- 
usermode-sources done.

------- Comment #5 From Henrik Brix Andersen 2006-07-04 11:05:41 0000 ------- 
Fixed in sys-kernel/suspend2-sources-2.6.16-r10.

------- Comment #6 From Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2006-07-07 06:11:07 0000 ------- 
Removing unaffected sources:

> mips-sources-2.6.16: `Kumba
> rsbac-sources-2.6: kang
> sh-sources-2.6: vapier
> suspend2-sources-2.6: brix
> usermode-sources-2.6: dang
> xbox-sources-2.6: chrb, gimli
> xen-sources-2.6: chrb, agriffis

ck and hardened please bump to latest genpatches, thanks.

------- Comment #7 From John Mylchreest (RETIRED) 2006-07-09 08:51:08 0000 ------- 
fixed in hardened.

------- Comment #8 From Micheal Marineau 2006-07-09 16:37:42 0000 ------- 
Fixed in ck-sources-2.6.16_p12-r1.

------- Comment #9 From Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2006-08-07 13:58:27 0000 ------- 
All fixed, closing.