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Re: CVE request: kernel: arbitrary kernel read in xtensa
From: Josh Bressers <bressers () redhat com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:52:08 -0400 (EDT)
Please use CVE-2011-2707. Thanks. -- JB ----- Original Message -----
Not sure if any distributions support xtensa, but regardless: Due to a failure to check user pointers passed to a ptrace_setxregs request, it is possible for a local unprivileged user to read arbitrary kernel memory [1]. -Dan [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=131008344912672&w=2
Current thread:
- CVE request: kernel: arbitrary kernel read in xtensa Dan Rosenberg (Jul 20)
- Re: CVE request: kernel: arbitrary kernel read in xtensa Josh Bressers (Jul 20)