Description
The compat_alloc_user_space functions in include/asm/compat.h files in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on 64-bit platforms do not properly allocate the userspace memory required for the 32-bit compatibility layer, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the ability of the compat_mc_getsockopt function (aka the MCAST_MSFILTER getsockopt support) to control a certain length value, related to a "stack pointer underflow" issue, as exploited in the wild in September 2010.
Published: 2010-09-24
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 7.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2110-1 New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several issues
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-988-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1074-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1074-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1119-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-09/0273.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-09/0278.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://blog.ksplice.com/2010/09/cve-2010-3081/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c41d68a513c71e35a14f66d71782d27a79a81ea6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9574 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128461522230211&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/42384 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sota.gen.nz/compat1/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.36-rc4-git2.log cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:214 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:247 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0758.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0882.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514938/30/30/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0017.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3083 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3117 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-40265 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=634457 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3081 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3081 cve-icon
History

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Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop Suse Linux Enterprise Server
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:55:46.715Z

Reserved: 2010-08-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-3081

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Status : Modified

Published: 2010-09-24T20:00:02.183

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

Link: CVE-2010-3081

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2010-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-3081 - Bugzilla

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