Bug 102803

Summary:	Memory leak on 64 bit platforms (CAN-2005-2617)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) <jaervosz>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=9fb1759a3102c26cd8f64254a7c3e532782c2bb8
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Description Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-08-17 02:56:22 UTC

The syscall32_setup_pages function in syscall32.c for Linux kernel 
2.6.x, on the 64-bit x86 platform, does not check the return value of 
the insert_vm_struct function, which allows local users to trigger a 
memory leak via a 32-bit application with crafted ELF headers.

Comment 1 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-08-19 11:36:59 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 102582 ***