oss-security - Re: Linux 2.6.30+/SELinux/RHEL5 test kernel 0day, exploiting the unexploitable

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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:01:47 +0200
From: Marcus Meissner <meissner@...e.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: dailydave <dailydave@...ts.immunitysec.com>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.30+/SELinux/RHEL5 test kernel 0day, exploiting the unexploitable

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 09:23:03AM +0200, yersinia wrote:
> FYI, a Sprengler 0-day against Selinux null ptr dereference. Very Nice
> to see in action
> 
> reference ( with youtube link )
> 
> http://grsecurity.net/~spender/cheddar_bay.tgz

Yeah.

Some "minor" bugs and one larger one.

The Linux folks have meanwhile:

- Fixed the actual bug. ;) (CVE-2009-1897)
  Only affects 2.6.30,2.6.30.1.

  2.6.30.2 release soon.

- Added -fno-delete-null-pointers to their Makefiles

  Also in 2.6.30.2 and 2.

- fixed the personality - PER_CLEAR_ON_SETTID inheritance issue (CVE-2009-1895)
  to work around mmap_min_addr protection.
  Affects 2.6.23-2.6.30.1

  2.6.30.2 and 2.6.27.x releases soon.

I am not sure about the SELinux policy error he used to 
exploit the RHEL 5.? Beta.

Ciao, Marcus

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