Gentoo Archives: gentoo-hardened

From: "Tóth Attila" <atoth@××××××××××.hu>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-hardened] SYSRET 64bit Intel-only vulnerability
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:02:47
Message-Id: d3fc219798f2e78e60286e9ce4c6233a.squirrel@atoth.sote.hu
1 Possible local privilege escalation or guest-to-host VM escape.
2 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/649219
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4 OpenBSD is not affected.
5 http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=133957486127897&w=2
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7 I wonder what will be the case with Gentoo and - especially - Hardened
8 kernels?
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10 This has been removed from the CERT's page:
11 http://hup.hu/cikkek/20120613/sysret_64_bites_opereracios_rendszer_privilege_escalation_sebezhetoseg_intel_cpu-s_hardveren#comment-1469883
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13 Regards:
14 Dw.
15 --
16 dr Tóth Attila, Radiológus, 06-20-825-8057
17 Attila Toth MD, Radiologist, +36-20-825-8057

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Re: [gentoo-hardened] SYSRET 64bit Intel-only vulnerability "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o>