Upstream information

CVE-2007-4573 at MITRE

Description

The IA32 system call emulation functionality in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7, when running on the x86_64 architecture, does not zero extend the eax register after the 32bit entry path to ptrace is used, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the %RAX register.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 326270 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 639708 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
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 SP2 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 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 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 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 Affected
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 kernel-source Affected
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 kernel-source-azure Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search kernel-source Released
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 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS kernel-source Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS kernel-default Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS kernel-source-azure Unsupported
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 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 kernel-default Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 kernel-source Released
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 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-source Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-source-azure Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-default Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-source Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-source-azure Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:33:36 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 18:13:33 2023