Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED), which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) "ofa_kernel" RDS Privilege
Escalation
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42128
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RELEASE DATE:
2010-11-10
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in OpenFabrics Enterprise
Distribution (OFED), which can be exploited by malicious, local users
to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the
"rds_page_copy_user()" function in net/rds/page.c of the ofa_kernel,
which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with kernel
privileges.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to trusted users.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Dan Rosenberg
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.vsecurity.com/resources/advisory/20101019-1/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/7
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