Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 22, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-3301
CVE-2010-3301
Description
The 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.
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Affected products
11cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.6.36
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.36:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.6.36-rc4-git2
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
17- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/16/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/16/3nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/42758nvdThird Party Advisory
- sota.gen.nz/compat2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3117nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.36-rc4-git2.lognvdBroken Link
- git.kernel.orgnvd
- git.kernel.orgnvd
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