Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1681-1 linux-2.6.24 -- denial of service/privilege escalation

Date Reported:
04 Dec 2008
Affected Packages:
linux-2.6.24
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-3528, CVE-2008-4554, CVE-2008-4576, CVE-2008-4618, CVE-2008-4933, CVE-2008-4934, CVE-2008-5025, CVE-2008-5029, CVE-2008-5134, CVE-2008-5182, CVE-2008-5300.
More information:

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

  • CVE-2008-3528

    Eugene Teo reported a local DoS issue in the ext2 and ext3 filesystems. Local users who have been granted the privileges necessary to mount a filesystem would be able to craft a corrupted filesystem that causes the kernel to output error messages in an infinite loop.

  • CVE-2008-4554

    Milos Szeredi reported that the usage of splice() on files opened with O_APPEND allows users to write to the file at arbitrary offsets, enabling a bypass of possible assumed semantics of the O_APPEND flag.

  • CVE-2008-4576

    Vlad Yasevich reported an issue in the SCTP subsystem that may allow remote users to cause a local DoS by triggering a kernel oops.

  • CVE-2008-4618

    Wei Yongjun reported an issue in the SCTP subsystem that may allow remote users to cause a local DoS by triggering a kernel panic.

  • CVE-2008-4933

    Eric Sesterhenn reported a local DoS issue in the hfsplus filesystem. Local users who have been granted the privileges necessary to mount a filesystem would be able to craft a corrupted filesystem that causes the kernel to overrun a buffer, resulting in a system oops or memory corruption.

  • CVE-2008-4934

    Eric Sesterhenn reported a local DoS issue in the hfsplus filesystem. Local users who have been granted the privileges necessary to mount a filesystem would be able to craft a corrupted filesystem that results in a kernel oops due to an unchecked return value.

  • CVE-2008-5025

    Eric Sesterhenn reported a local DoS issue in the hfs filesystem. Local users who have been granted the privileges necessary to mount a filesystem would be able to craft a filesystem with a corrupted catalog name length, resulting in a system oops or memory corruption.

  • CVE-2008-5029

    Andrea Bittau reported a DoS issue in the unix socket subsystem that allows a local user to cause memory corruption, resulting in a kernel panic.

  • CVE-2008-5134

    Johannes Berg reported a remote DoS issue in the libertas wireless driver, which can be triggered by a specially crafted beacon/probe response.

  • CVE-2008-5182

    Al Viro reported race conditions in the inotify subsystem that may allow local users to acquire elevated privileges.

  • CVE-2008-5300

    Dann Frazier reported a DoS condition that allows local users to cause the out of memory handler to kill off privileged processes or trigger soft lockups due to a starvation issue in the unix socket subsystem.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7.

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.7.diff.gz
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.7.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-doc-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-manual-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-source-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-patch-debian-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7_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.7_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-tree-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7_all.deb
Alpha:
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.7_alpha.deb
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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_amd64.deb
ARM:
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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_arm.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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_arm.deb
HP Precision:
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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_hppa.deb
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.7_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.7_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.7_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
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.7_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.7_i386.deb
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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
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.7_ia64.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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
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.7_mips.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.7_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-r5k-ip32_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7_mips.deb
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.7_mips.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.7_mips.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.7_mips.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.7_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-r4k-ip22_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7_mips.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.7_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-all-mips_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7_mips.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.7_mips.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.7_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-r5k-ip32_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-r4k-ip22_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7_mips.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.7_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_mipsel.deb
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.7_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_powerpc.deb
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.7_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.7_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_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_s390.deb
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.7_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.7_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
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.7_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.7_sparc.deb
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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_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.7_sparc.deb

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