Linux kernel RLIMIT_CPU security bypass
| linux-kernel-rlimitcpu-security-bypass (42145) |  Low Risk |
Description:
The Linux kernel could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper checking on resource limit settings. By setting RLIMIT_CPU to 0, an attacker could bypass CPU usage restrictions.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.10
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16 rc6
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16 rc5
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16 rc4
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16 rc3
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16 rc2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16 rc1
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16 rc7
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.1
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.10
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.11
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.12
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.13
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.14
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.15
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.16
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.17
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.18
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.19
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.20
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.21
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.22
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.23
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.24
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.25
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.26
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.27
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.28
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.29
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.3
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.30
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.31
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.32
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.33
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.34
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.35
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.36
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.37
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.38
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.39
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.4
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.40
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.41
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.43
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.44
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.45
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.46
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.47
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.48
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.49
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.5
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.50
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.51
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.52
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.53
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.6
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.7
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.8
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.16.9
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17 rc5
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17 rc1
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17 rc6
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17 rc4
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17 rc2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17 rc3
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.1
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.10
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.11
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.12
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.13
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.14
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.3
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.4
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.5
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.6
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.7
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.8
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.17.9
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18 rc7
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18 rc5
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18 rc2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18 rc1
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18 rc3
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18 rc4
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18 rc6
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18 8.1.8.El5
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.1
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.10
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.11
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.12
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.13
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.14
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.15
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.16
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.17
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.18
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.19
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.20
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.21
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.22
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.23
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.24
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.25
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.26
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.27
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.28
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.29
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.3
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.30
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.31
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.32
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.33
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.34
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.35
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.36
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.37
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.38
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.39
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.4
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.40
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.41
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.42
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.43
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.44
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.45
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.46
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.47
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.48
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.49
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.5
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.50
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.51
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.52
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.53
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.6
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.7
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.8
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.18.9
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.19 rc1
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.19 rc2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.19
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.19 rc3
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.19 rc4
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.19.1
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.19.2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.19.3
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.2 rc3
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.2 rc2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.2 rc1
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20 rc2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.1
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.10
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.11
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.12
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.13
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.14
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.15
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.3
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.4
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.5
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.6
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.7
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.8
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.20.9
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21 rc6
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21 rc7
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21 git1
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21 git2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21 git3
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21 git4
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21 git5
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21 git6
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21 git7
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21 rc3
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21 rc4
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21 rc5
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21.1
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21.2
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21.3
- Linux, Kernel 2.6.21.4
- Novell, SLE SDK 10 SP2
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 DEBUGINFO
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of the Linux kernel (2.6.22 or later), available from the Linux Kernel Archives Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
References:
- Debian Bug report logs - #419706, setrlimit(RLIMIT_CPUINFO) with zero value doesn't inherit properly across children at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=419706.
- The Linux Kernel Archives Web site, ChangeLog-2.6.22, Tue May 8 00:30:31 2007 -0700 at http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.
- BID-29004: Linux Kernel RLIMIT_CPU Zero Limit Handling Local Security Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-1294: Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.
- DSA-1565: linux-2.6 -- several vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2008-0612: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
- SUSE-SA:2009:017: Linux kernel security update
- USN-618-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Reported:
May 01, 2008
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