Bug 338025

Summary:	64-bit local root exploit when 32-bit execution is enabled
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Richard Freeman <rich0>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git&a=commitdiff&h=c41d68a513c71e35a14f66d71782d27a79a81ea6
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Description Richard Freeman gentoo-dev

2010-09-19 10:58:41 UTC

Stable gentoo kernels are vulnerable to the exploit described in this kernel commit:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git&a=commitdiff&h=c41d68a513c71e35a14f66d71782d27a79a81ea6

Apologies if there is already a bug tracking this, but I've seen mailing list traffic, blog posts, and slashdot articles, and no security bug.  

Rumor has it that fixes are in the tree:
http://www.mpagano.com/blog/?p=136

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester

2010-09-19 11:00:51 UTC

There are two issues, tracked in bug 337659 and 337645 respectively.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 337659 ***