Subject: Re: compat_ibcs2(8) privilege escalation (3.3) / kernel panic (3.4) On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 02:57:31PM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: > Georgi Guninski reported a stack overrun due to a missing bounds check > in the kernel's iBCS2 emulation. Another similar problem was also fixed > at the same time. > > This issue only affects the i386 architecture. > > On OpenBSD 3.3, this may result in arbitray code execution and local user > privilege escalation. > > On OpenBSD 3.4, ProPolice catches this, turning a potential privilege > escalation into a denial of service. > > Fixes have been committed to the -stable cvs branches, and patches are > also available at > ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.4/common/006_ibcs2.patch > and > ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.3/common/011_ibcs2.patch sorry, the pathes are wrong in the initial mail. the correct ones are ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.4/i386/006_ibcs2.patch and ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.3/i386/011_ibcs2.patch