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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 23:21:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: cve-assign@...re.org
To: luto@...capital.net
Cc: cve-assign@...re.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE Request: Linux x86_64 NT flag issue - Linux kernel
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> When I fixed Linux's NT flag handling, I added an optimization to
> Linux 3.19 and up. A malicious 32-bit program might be able to leak
> NT into an unrelated task. On a CONFIG_PREEMPT=y kernel, this is a
> straightforward DoS. On a CONFIG_PREEMPT=n kernel, it's probably
> still exploitable for DoS with some more care.
>
> I believe that this could be used for privilege escalation, too, but
> it won't be easy.
>
> The fix is just to revert the optimization:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=512255a2ad2c832ca7d4de9f31245f73781922d0
>
> Mitigation: CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION=n
Use CVE-2015-6666.
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