DSA-1655-1 linux-2.6.24 -- denial of service/information leak/privilege escalation

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1655-1 linux-2.6.24 -- denial of service/information leak/privilege escalation

Date Reported:

16 Oct 2008

Affected Packages:

linux-2.6.24

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-1514, CVE-2008-3525, CVE-2008-3831, CVE-2008-4113, CVE-2008-4445.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, privilege escalation or a leak of sensitive data. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

• CVE-2008-1514

  Jan Kratochvil reported a local denial of service vulnerability in the ptrace interface for the s390 architecture. Local users can trigger an invalid pointer dereference, leading to a system panic.

• CVE-2008-3525

  Eugene Teo reported a lack of capability checks in the kernel driver for Granch SBNI12 leased line adapters (sbni), allowing local users to perform privileged operations.

• CVE-2008-3831

  Olaf Kirch discovered an issue with the i915 driver that may allow local users to cause memory corruption by use of an ioctl with insufficient privilege restrictions.

• CVE-2008-4113/CVE-2008-4445

  Eugene Teo discovered two issues in the SCTP subsystem which allow local users to obtain access to sensitive memory when the SCTP-AUTH extension is enabled.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux-2.6.24 packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-2.6.24_2.6.24.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6.diff.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-patch-debian-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-support-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-doc-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-tree-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-manual-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-source-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-alpha-generic_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all-alpha_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-alpha-legacy_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-common_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-alpha-smp_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-alpha-smp_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-alpha-generic_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-alpha-legacy_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-common_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all-amd64_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-common_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-footbridge_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-ixp4xx_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-footbridge_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all-arm_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-ixp4xx_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-iop32x_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-iop32x_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-parisc_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-parisc-smp_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-parisc_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-parisc64_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-parisc-smp_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-common_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all-hppa_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-parisc64_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-parisc64-smp_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-parisc64-smp_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686-bigmem_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-486_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all-i386_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686-bigmem_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-common_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-486_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-mckinley_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-itanium_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all-ia64_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-itanium_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-common_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-mckinley_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_ia64.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-sb1a-bcm91480b_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-r5k-cobalt_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-sb1a-bcm91480b_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-4kc-malta_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all-mipsel_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-r5k-cobalt_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-common_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-5kc-malta_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-sb1-bcm91250a_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-sb1-bcm91250a_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-4kc-malta_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-5kc-malta_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-powerpc-smp_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all-powerpc_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-common_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-powerpc_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-powerpc-miboot_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-powerpc_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-powerpc64_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-powerpc64_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-powerpc-smp_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-powerpc-miboot_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all-s390_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-s390x_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-s390_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-s390_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-s390-tape_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-common_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-s390x_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all-sparc_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-common_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-sparc64-smp_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-sparc64_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-sparc64_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-sparc64-smp_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6_sparc.deb

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