CVE-2009-0834

Description

The audit_syscall_entry function in the Linux kernel 2.6.28.7 and earlier on the x86_64 platform does not properly handle (1) a 32-bit process making a 64-bit syscall or (2) a 64-bit process making a 32-bit syscall, which allows local users to bypass certain syscall audit configurations via crafted syscalls, a related issue to CVE-2009-0342 and CVE-2009-0343.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=…
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00002.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123579056530191&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123579065130246&w=2