Upstream information
Description
Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.9 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
Note from the SUSE Security Team on the kernel-default package
SUSE will no longer fix all CVEs in the Linux Kernel anymore, but declare some bug classes as won't fix. Please refer to TID 21496 for more details. SUSE Bugzilla entry: 387055 [RESOLVED / FIXED]SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2008:030, published Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SA:2008:032, published Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SA:2008:035, published Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:00:00 +0000
- SUSE-SA:2008:038, published Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:00:00 +0000
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA kernel-docs-3.0.101-63.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA kernel-default-2.6.32.12-0.7.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA kernel-default-3.0.13-0.27.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA kernel-default-3.0.76-0.11.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA kernel-default-3.0.101-63.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA kernel-docs-3.0.101-63.1 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 | kernel-source-rt | Not affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | kernel-source-azure | Not affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform Toolchain 3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | kernel-source-azure | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | kernel-source-azure | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | kernel-source-azure | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source-azure | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | kernel-source-azure | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | kernel-source-azure | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | kernel-default | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | kernel-source | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | kernel-source-azure | Not affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:40:13 2013CVE page last modified: Mon Aug 26 21:10:38 2024