DSA-444-1 linux-kernel-2.4.17-ia64 -- missing function return value check

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-444-1 linux-kernel-2.4.17-ia64 -- missing function return value check

Date Reported:

20 Feb 2004

Affected Packages:

kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 9686.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0077.
CERT's vulnerabilities, advisories and incident notes: VU#981222.

More information:

Paul Starzetz and Wojciech Purczynski of isec.pl discovered a critical security vulnerability in the memory management code of Linux inside the mremap(2) system call. Due to missing function return value check of internal functions a local attacker can gain root privileges.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 011226.16 of ia64 kernel source and images.

Other architectures are or will be mentioned in a separate advisory respectively or are not affected (m68k).

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed in version 2.4.24-3.

This problem is also fixed in the upstream version of Linux 2.4.25 and 2.6.3.

We recommend that you upgrade your Linux kernel packages immediately.

Vulnerability matrix for CAN-2004-0077

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64_011226.16.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64_011226.16.tar.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-source-2.4.17-ia64_011226.16_all.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-headers-2.4.17-ia64_011226.16_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-itanium_011226.16_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-itanium-smp_011226.16_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-mckinley_011226.16_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-mckinley-smp_011226.16_ia64.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.