Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 ioc_general numeric error

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel 2.6.16.9 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function ioc_general. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in the ioc_general function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.1 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large argument in an ioctl call.

The issue has been introduced in 03/20/2006. The weakness was presented 12/10/2010 by Dan Carpenter as Bug 651147 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-4157. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/06/2021).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1726 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51426 (CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2011:0004)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165622 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:2010:060)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (51426). See 55571, 55569, 55568 and 55567 for similar entries.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 51426
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2011:0004)
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OpenVAS ID: 880516
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:0004 centos5 i386
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Patch: f63ae56e4e97fb12053590e41a4fa59e7daa74a4

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03/20/2006 🔍
10/25/2010 +1680 days 🔍
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11/04/2010 +9 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1560 days 🔍
10/06/2021 +2393 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: Bug 651147
Researcher: Dan Carpenter
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4157 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 28563 - Linux Kernel 2.6.37 and Earlier Local Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 44648 - Linux Kernel 'drivers/scsi/gdth.c' IOCTL Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 42745

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Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 10/06/2021 19:05
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (64), 03/10/2017 10:36 (12), 10/06/2021 18:57 (7), 10/06/2021 19:05 (1)
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