The regset (aka register set) feature in the Linux kernel...
Vulnerability Description
The regset (aka register set) feature in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle the absence of .get and .set methods, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a (1) PTRACE_GETREGSET or (2) PTRACE_SETREGSET ptrace call.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48898
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799209
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/05/1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.10
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48964
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48842
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c8e252586f8d5de906385d8cf6385fee289a825e
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