The setup_arg_pages function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36, when CONFIG_STACK_GROWSDOWN is used, does not properly…

Description

The setup_arg_pages function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36, when CONFIG_STACK_GROWSDOWN is used, does not properly restrict the stack memory consumption of the (1) arguments and (2) environment for a 32-bit application on a 64-bit platform, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted exec system call, a related issue to CVE-2010-2240.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.91% · top 40% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-400 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-400 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (20)

• 42789 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0024 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 46397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-1041-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101021 CVE request: kernel: setup_arg_pages: diagnose excessive argument size (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0958 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b528181b2ffa14721fb28ad1bd539fe1732c583 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:257 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 15619 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 42758 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101022 Re: CVE request: kernel: setup_arg_pages: diagnose excessive argument size (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 44301 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0070 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645222 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-2126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 03:26 UTC.