PT-2012-1532 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Dan Rosenberg · Published 2012-06-13 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2011-1759

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.39

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the sys oabi semtimedop function, which can be exploited by local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service, resulting in heap memory corruption. This can be achieved by providing a crafted argument and leveraging a race condition when CONFIG OABI COMPAT is enabled on the ARM platform.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.39, update to version 2.6.39 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1759

DSA-2240-1

DSA-2264-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f22072ab50cac7983f9660d33974b45184da4f9 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1759 · Security Note
• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0f22072ab50cac7983f9660d33974b45184da4f9 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/02/16 · Note