CVE-2010-3301

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-3301
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-09-22 19:00:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe IA32 system call emulation functionality in arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-git2 on the x86_64 platform does not zero extend the %eax register after the 32-bit entry path to ptrace is used, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %rax register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4573 regression.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-269 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.36 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.36 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.36 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.36 rc3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 sp1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
linux compat vulns (part 2) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sota.gen.nz Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:198 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Broken Link
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
Bug 634449 – CVE-2010-3301 kernel: IA32 System Call Entry Point Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE-2010-3301 kernel: IA32 System Call Entry Point Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:247 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2010-3301 kernel: IA32 System Call Entry Point Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
USN-1041-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for linux and linux-ec2 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Realtime Linux Kernel (S af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2010-3301 MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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