Out-of-bounds Write Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.33)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005313
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 May 2010
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 May 2010

CVE-2010-1451  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.33 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. The TSB I-TLB load implementation in arch/sparc/kernel/tsb.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 on the SPARC platform does not properly obtain the value of a certain _PAGE_EXEC_4U bit and consequently does not properly implement a non-executable stack, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to exploit stack-based buffer overflows via a crafted application.

CVSS Base Scores

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