Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24284Authorization Bypass
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
kernel is vulnerable to authorization bypass. The vulnerability exists as a missing permission check was found in the gfs2_set_flags() function in the Linux kernel GFS2 implementation. A local user could use this flaw to change certain file attributes of files, on a GFS2 file system, that they do not own.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7df0e0397b9a18358573274db9fdab991941062f
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7df0e0397b9a18358573274db9fdab991941062f
kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-31052
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00000.html
secunia.com/advisories/40645
secunia.com/advisories/43315
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/incr/patch-2.6.34-git9-git10.bz2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/25/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/25/12
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/26/1
www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/errata/RHSA-2010-0504/Kernel_Security_Update/index.html
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/40356
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access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0504
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=595579
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58926
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9916
www.redhat.com/archives/cluster-devel/2010-May/msg00049.html
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