Summary: | Kernel : missing access checks in get_user/put_user on ARM (CVE-2013-6282) | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Security | Reporter: | Agostino Sarubbo <ago> |
Component: | Kernel | Assignee: | Gentoo Kernel Security <security-kernel> |
Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
Severity: | normal | CC: | kernel |
Priority: | Normal | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
URL: | http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/14/11 | ||
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Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Agostino Sarubbo
2013-11-15 20:26:19 UTC
CVE-2013-6282 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6282): The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addresses, which allows attackers to read or modify the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild against Android devices in October and November 2013. In 3.5.5 onwards |