Description
Multiple integer overflows in Sbus PROM driver (drivers/sbus/char/openprom.c) for the Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, 2.6.x up to 2.6.7, and possibly later versions, allow local users to execute arbitrary code by specifying (1) a small buffer size to the copyin_string function or (2) a negative buffer size to the copyin function.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11981 ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/7345 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010617 ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/8363 ↗
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-06/0463.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 ↗
- http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5GP0515DFW.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10632 ↗