FKIE_CVE-2010-3081
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-09-24 20:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:22
Severity
Summary
The compat_alloc_user_space functions in include/asm/compat.h files in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on 64-bit platforms do not properly allocate the userspace memory required for the 32-bit compatibility layer, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the ability of the compat_mc_getsockopt function (aka the MCAST_MSFILTER getsockopt support) to control a certain length value, related to a "stack pointer underflow" issue, as exploited in the wild in September 2010.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.36 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.36 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.36 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.36 | |
| vmware | esx | 4.0 | |
| vmware | esx | 4.1 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_desktop | 11 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 11 |
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