CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
9.8%
The vmsplice_to_user function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22
through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before
dereference, which might allow local users to access arbitrary kernel
memory locations.
Author | Note |
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jdstrand | dapper-gutsy not affected. Only 2.6.23 - 2.6.24. See: http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt local root exploit on hardy (exploit code doesn’t exist yet) amitk will upload 2.6.24.2 for hardy soon |