Description
The load_elf_binary function in fs/binfmt_elf.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.8 on the x86_64 platform does not ensure that the ELF interpreter is available before a call to the SET_PERSONALITY macro, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a 32-bit application that attempts to execute a 64-bit application and then triggers a segmentation fault, as demonstrated by amd64_killer, related to the flush_old_exec function.
Published: 2010-02-17
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1996-1 New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-0338 The load_elf_binary function in fs/binfmt_elf.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.8 on the x86_64 platform does not ensure that the ELF interpreter is available before a call to the SET_PERSONALITY macro, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a 32-bit application that attempts to execute a 64-bit application and then triggers a segmentation fault, as demonstrated by amd64_killer, related to the flush_old_exec function.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-914-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
References
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=221af7f87b97431e3ee21ce4b0e77d5411cf1549 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=126466407724382&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?t=126466700200002&r=1&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38492 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38779 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38922 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/39649 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100088287 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.globalsecuritymag.com/Vigil-nce-Linux-kernel-denial-of%2C20100202%2C15754.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32.8 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:066 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/01/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/01/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/04/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/04/9 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0398.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0771.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38027 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-914-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0638 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560547 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0307 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10870 cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0307 cve-icon
History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00138}

epss

{'score': 0.00131}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Mrg
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:45:12.039Z

Reserved: 2010-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-0307

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-02-17T18:30:00.417

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-0307

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-01-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-0307 - Bugzilla

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