fs/exec.c in Linux 2.6, when one thread is tracing another thread that shares the same memory map, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by forcing a core dump when the traced thread is in the TASK_TRACED state.

Several local and remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2004-2302     A race condition in the sysfs filesystem allows local     users to read kernel memory and cause a denial of     service (crash).

  - CVE-2005-0756     Alexander Nyberg discovered that the ptrace() system     call does not properly verify addresses on the amd64     architecture which can be exploited by a local attacker     to crash the kernel.

  - CVE-2005-0757     A problem in the offset handling in the xattr file     system code for ext3 has been discovered that may allow     users on 64-bit systems that have access to an ext3     filesystem with extended attributes to cause the kernel     to crash.

  - CVE-2005-1265     Chris Wright discovered that the mmap() function could     create illegal memory maps that could be exploited by a     local user to crash the kernel or potentially execute     arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2005-1761     A vulnerability on the IA-64 architecture can lead local     attackers to overwrite kernel memory and crash the     kernel.

  - CVE-2005-1762     A vulnerability has been discovered in the ptrace()     system call on the amd64 architecture that allows a     local attacker to cause the kernel to crash.

  - CVE-2005-1763     A buffer overflow in the ptrace system call for 64-bit     architectures allows local users to write bytes into     arbitrary kernel memory.

  - CVE-2005-1765     Zou Nan Hai has discovered that a local user could cause     the kernel to hang on the amd64 architecture after     invoking syscall() with specially crafted arguments.

  - CVE-2005-1767     A vulnerability has been discovered in the stack segment     fault handler that could allow a local attacker to cause     a stack exception that will lead the kernel to crash     under certain circumstances.

  - CVE-2005-2456     Balazs Scheidler discovered that a local attacker could     call setsockopt() with an invalid xfrm_user policy     message which would cause the kernel to write beyond the     boundaries of an array and crash.

  - CVE-2005-2458     Vladimir Volovich discovered a bug in the zlib routines     which are also present in the Linux kernel and allows     remote attackers to crash the kernel.

  - CVE-2005-2459     Another vulnerability has been discovered in the zlib     routines which are also present in the Linux kernel and     allows remote attackers to crash the kernel.

  - CVE-2005-2548     Peter Sandstrom noticed that snmpwalk from a remote host     could cause a denial of service (kernel oops from null     dereference) via certain UDP packets that lead to a     function call with the wrong argument.

  - CVE-2005-2801     Andreas Gruenbacher discovered a bug in the ext2 and     ext3 file systems. When data areas are to be shared     among two inodes not all information were compared for     equality, which could expose wrong ACLs for files.

  - CVE-2005-2872     Chad Walstrom discovered that the ipt_recent kernel     module on 64-bit processors such as AMD64 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic)     via certain attacks such as SSH brute force.

  - CVE-2005-3105     The mprotect code on Itanium IA-64 Montecito processors     does not properly maintain cache coherency as required     by the architecture, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service and possibly corrupt data by modifying     PTE protections.

  - CVE-2005-3106     A race condition in the thread management may allow     local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) when     threads are sharing memory and waiting for a thread that     has just performed an exec.

  - CVE-2005-3107     When one thread is tracing another thread that shares     the same memory map a local user could cause a denial of     service (deadlock) by forcing a core dump when the     traced thread is in the TASK_TRACED state.

  - CVE-2005-3108     A bug in the ioremap() system call has been discovered     on the amd64 architecture that could allow local users     to cause a denial of service or an information leak when     performing a lookup of a non-existent memory page.

  - CVE-2005-3109     The HFS and HFS+ (hfsplus) modules allow local attackers     to cause a denial of service (oops) by using hfsplus to     mount a filesystem that is not hfsplus.

  - CVE-2005-3110     A race condition in the ebtables netfilter module on an     SMP system running under high load may allow remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

  - CVE-2005-3271     Roland McGrath discovered that exec() does not properly     clear posix-timers in multi-threaded environments, which     results in a resource leak and could allow a large     number of multiple local users to cause a denial of     service by using more posix-timers than specified by the     quota for a single user.

  - CVE-2005-3272     The kernel allows remote attackers to poison the bridge     forwarding table using frames that have already been     dropped by filtering, which can cause the bridge to     forward spoofed packets.

  - CVE-2005-3273     The ioctl for the packet radio ROSE protocol does not     properly verify the arguments when setting a new router,     which allows attackers to trigger out-of-bounds errors.

  - CVE-2005-3274     A race condition on SMP systems allows local users to     cause a denial of service (null dereference) by causing     a connection timer to expire while the connection table     is being flushed before the appropriate lock is     acquired.

  - CVE-2005-3275     An error in the NAT code allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by causing     two packets for the same protocol to be NATed at the     same time, which leads to memory corruption.

  - CVE-2005-3276     A missing memory cleanup in the thread handling routines     before copying data into userspace allows a user process     to obtain sensitive information.

This update also contains a number of corrections for issues that turned out to have no security implication afterwards.

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3. This is the eighth regular update.

This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.

This is the eighth regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

New features introduced by this update include :

  - addition of the adp94xx and dcdbas device drivers -     diskdump support on megaraid_sas, qlogic, and swap     partitions - support for new hardware via driver and     SCSI white-list updates

There were many bug fixes in various parts of the kernel. The ongoing effort to resolve these problems has resulted in a marked improvement in the reliability and scalability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

There were numerous driver updates and security fixes (elaborated below). Other key areas affected by fixes in this update include the networking subsystem, the NFS and autofs4 file systems, the SCSI and USB subsystems, and architecture-specific handling affecting AMD Opteron and Intel EM64T processors.

The following device drivers have been added or upgraded to new versions :

adp94xx -------- 1.0.8 (new) bnx2 ----------- 1.4.38 cciss ---------- 2.4.60.RH1 dcdbas --------- 5.6.0-1 (new) e1000 ---------- 7.0.33-k2 emulex --------- 7.3.6 forcedeth ------ 0.30 ipmi ----------- 35.13 qlogic --------- 7.07.04b6 tg3 ------------ 3.52RH

The following security bugs were fixed in this update :

  - a flaw in the USB devio handling of device removal that     allowed a local user to cause a denial of service     (crash) (CVE-2005-3055, moderate)

  - a flaw in the exec() handling of multi-threaded tasks     using ptrace() that allowed a local user to cause a     denial of service (hang of a user process)     (CVE-2005-3107, low)

  - a difference in 'sysretq' operation of EM64T (as opposed     to Opteron) processors that allowed a local user to     cause a denial of service (crash) upon return from     certain system calls (CVE-2006-0741 and CVE-2006-0744,     important)

  - a flaw in unaligned accesses handling on Intel Itanium     processors that allowed a local user to cause a denial     of service (crash) (CVE-2006-0742, important)

  - an info leak on AMD-based x86 and x86_64 systems that     allowed a local user to retrieve the floating point     exception state of a process run by a different user     (CVE-2006-1056, important)

  - a flaw in IPv4 packet output handling that allowed a     remote user to bypass the zero IP ID countermeasure on     systems with a disabled firewall (CVE-2006-1242, low)

  - a minor info leak in socket option handling in the     network code (CVE-2006-1343, low)

  - a flaw in IPv4 netfilter handling for the unlikely use     of SNMP NAT processing that allowed a remote user to     cause a denial of service (crash) or potential memory     corruption (CVE-2006-2444, moderate)

Note: The kernel-unsupported package contains various drivers and modules that are unsupported and therefore might contain security problems that have not been addressed.

All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures and configurations as listed in this erratum.

Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4. This is the first regular update.

[Updated 9 August 2005] The advisory text has been updated to show that this update also contained fixes for the security issues named CVE-2005-0209 and CVE-2005-0937. No changes have been made to the packages associated with this advisory.

The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.

This is the first regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

A flaw affecting the auditing code was discovered. On Itanium architectures a local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash). This issue is rated as having important security impact (CVE-2005-0136).

A flaw was discovered in the servicing of a raw device ioctl. A local user who has access to raw devices could use this flaw to write to kernel memory and cause a denial of service or potentially gain privileges. This issue is rated as having moderate security impact (CVE-2005-1264).

A flaw in fragment forwarding was discovered that affected the netfilter subsystem for certain network interface cards. A remote attacker could send a set of bad fragments and cause a denial of service (system crash). Acenic and SunGEM network interfaces were the only adapters affected, which are in widespread use. (CVE-2005-0209)

A flaw in the futex functions was discovered affecting the Linux 2.6 kernel. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2005-0937)

New features introduced by this update include: - Fixed TCP BIC congestion handling. - Diskdump support for more controllers (megaraid, SATA) - Device mapper multipath support - AMD64 dual core support. - Intel ICH7 hardware support.

There were many bug fixes in various parts of the kernel. The ongoing effort to resolve these problems has resulted in a marked improvement in the reliability and scalability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

The following device drivers have been upgraded to new versions:
ata_piix -------- 1.03 bonding --------- 2.6.1 e1000 ----------- 5.6.10.1-k2-NAPI e100 ------------ 3.3.6-k2-NAPI ibmveth --------- 1.03 libata ---------- 1.02 to 1.10 lpfc ------------ 0:8.0.16 to 0:8.0.16.6_x2 megaraid_mbox --- 2.20.4.0 to 2.20.4.5 megaraid_mm ----- 2.20.2.0-rh1 to 2.20.2.5 sata_nv --------- 0.03 to 0.6 sata_promise
---- 1.00 to 1.01 sata_sil -------- 0.8 sata_sis -------- 0.5 sata_svw
-------- 1.05 sata_sx4 -------- 0.7 sata_via -------- 1.0 sata_vsc
-------- 1.0 tg3 ------------- 3.22-rh ipw2100 --------- 1.0.3 ipw2200
--------- 1.0.0

All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures and configurations as listed in this erratum.

A Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in the sys_set_mempolicy() function. By calling the function with a negative first argument, a local attacker could cause a kernel crash.
(CAN-2005-3053)

A race condition was discovered in the handling of shared memory mappings with CLONE_VM. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a deadlock (Denial of Service) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread which had just performed an exec() system call.
(CAN-2005-3106)

A race condition was found in the handling of traced processes. When one thread was tracing another thread that shared the same memory map, a local attacker could trigger a deadlock (Denial of Service) by forcing a core dump when the traced thread was in the TASK_TRACED state. (CAN-2005-3107)

A vulnerability has been found in the 'ioremap' module. By performing certain IO mapping operations, a local attacker could either read memory pages he has not normally access to (information leak) or cause a kernel crash (Denial of Service). This only affects the amd64 platform. (CAN-2005-3108)

The HFS and HFS+ file system drivers did not properly verify that the file system that was attempted to be mounted really was HFS/HFS+. On machines which allow users to mount arbitrary removable devices as HFS or HFS+ with an /etc/fstab entry, this could be exploited to trigger a kernel crash. (CAN-2005-3109)

Steve Herrel discovered a race condition in the 'ebtables' netfilter module. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted packets that caused a value to be modified after it had been read but before it had been locked. This eventually lead to a kernel crash. This only affects multiprocessor machines (SMP).
(CAN-2005-3110)

Robert Derr discovered a memory leak in the system call auditing code.
On a kernel which has the CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL option enabled, this leads to memory exhaustion and eventually a Denial of Service. A local attacker could also speed this up by excessively calling system calls.
This only affects customized kernels built from the kernel source packages. The standard Ubuntu kernel does not have the CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL option enabled, and is therefore not affected by this.
(http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=co mmitdiff;h=829841146878e082613a49581ae252c071057c23).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2005:420 advisory.

    The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.

    This is the first regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

    A flaw affecting the auditing code was discovered.  On Itanium     architectures a local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service     (crash).  This issue is rated as having important security impact     (CAN-2005-0136).

    A flaw was discovered in the servicing of a raw device ioctl.  A local user     who has access to raw devices could use this flaw to write to kernel memory     and cause a denial of service or potentially gain privileges.  This issue     is rated as having moderate security impact (CAN-2005-1264).

    A flaw in fragment forwarding was discovered that affected the netfilter     subsystem for certain network interface cards. A remote attacker could send     a set of bad fragments and cause a denial of service (system crash). Acenic     and SunGEM network interfaces were the only adapters affected, which are in     widespread use. (CAN-2005-0209)

    A flaw in the futex functions was discovered affecting the Linux 2.6     kernel.  A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CAN-2005-0937)

    New features introduced by this update include:
    - Fixed TCP BIC congestion handling.
    - Diskdump support for more controllers (megaraid, SATA)
    - Device mapper multipath support
    - AMD64 dual core support.
    - Intel ICH7 hardware support.

    There were many bug fixes in various parts of the kernel.  The ongoing     effort to resolve these problems has resulted in a marked improvement     in the reliability and scalability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

    The following device drivers have been upgraded to new versions:
     ata_piix -------- 1.03      bonding --------- 2.6.1      e1000 ----------- 5.6.10.1-k2-NAPI      e100 ------------ 3.3.6-k2-NAPI      ibmveth --------- 1.03      libata ---------- 1.02 to 1.10      lpfc ------------ 0:8.0.16 to 0:8.0.16.6_x2      megaraid_mbox --- 2.20.4.0 to 2.20.4.5      megaraid_mm ----- 2.20.2.0-rh1 to 2.20.2.5      sata_nv --------- 0.03 to 0.6      sata_promise ---- 1.00 to 1.01      sata_sil -------- 0.8      sata_sis -------- 0.5      sata_svw -------- 1.05      sata_sx4 -------- 0.7      sata_via -------- 1.0      sata_vsc -------- 1.0      tg3 ------------- 3.22-rh      ipw2100 --------- 1.0.3      ipw2200 --------- 1.0.0

    All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their     kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures     and configurations as listed in this erratum.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
22788	Debian DSA-922-1 : kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
22135	CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2006:0437)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
22086	RHEL 3 : kernel (RHSA-2006:0437)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
21937	CentOS 4 : kernel (CESA-2005:420)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
20613	Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : linux-source-2.6.10, linux-source-2.6.8.1 vulnerabilities (USN-199-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	low
18444	RHEL 4 : Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 1 (Important) (RHSA-2005:420)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium

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