Access Restriction Bypass Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.17.2.el5uek
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE5-KERNELUEKDEBUG-2476446
- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 18 Feb 2013
Introduced: 18 Feb 2013
CVE-2013-0268 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:5 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:2.6.39-400.17.2.el5uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2013-2511.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug package and not the kernel-uek-debug package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.
The msr_open function in arch/x86/kernel/msr.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions by executing a crafted application as root, as demonstrated by msr32.c.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2013-0268.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0621.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0621-1.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-2511.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-2512.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908693
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c903f0456bc69176912dee6dd25c6a66ee1aed00
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/07/12
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c903f0456bc69176912dee6dd25c6a66ee1aed00
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c903f0456bc69176912dee6dd25c6a66ee1aed00
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