Published: 13/06/2012 Updated: 13/02/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 642

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

The osf_wait4 function in arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.39.4 on the Alpha platform uses an incorrect pointer, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing a certain integer value to kernel memory.

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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leak The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2009-4067 Rafael Dominguez Vega of MWR InfoSecurity reported an issue in the auerswald module, a driver for ...

CWE-264 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/15/7 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527f http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21c5977a836e399fc710ff2c5367845ed5c2527f https://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-2310 https://nvd.nist.gov

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