Bug 125436 – Kernel: Local DoS - x86_64 doesn't check for bad elf entry address (CVE-2006-0741)

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Security

[Description kfm 2006-03-07 20:29:05 UTC]

According to the commit this "fixes a local DOS on Intel systems that lead to an endless recursive fault. AMD machines don't seem to be affected." The following kernels/patchsets are not affected:

  * >=vanilla-sources-2.6.15.5
  * >=gentoo-sources-2.6.15-r6
  * >=genpatches-2.6.15-9

Patch here: http://tinyurl.com/j3crb

[Comment 1 kfm 2006-03-07 20:30:46 UTC]

Created attachment 81664 [details, diff]
x86_64-bad-elf-entry-addr.patch

Patch. Also applies to 2.6.14.

[Comment 2 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2006-03-11 11:58:48 UTC]

CCing maintainers:

ck-sources: marineam
hardened-sources: hardened herd
hppa-sources: gmsoft
mips-sources: `Kumba
rsbac-sources: kang
suspend2-sources: brix
xbox-sources: gimli

[Comment 3 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2006-03-11 12:00:30 UTC]

Only affects x86_64; remove a few redundant sources :)

[Comment 4 Micheal Marineau (RETIRED) 2006-03-14 12:51:25 UTC]

ck fixed since ck-sources-2.6.15_p5 

[Comment 5 kfm 2006-03-16 04:33:04 UTC]

Now fixed in:

  * genpatches-2.6.14-11
  * hardened-sources-2.6.14-r6

[Comment 6 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2006-04-20 10:57:42 UTC]

All fixed now, thanks!