Description
sys_mbind in mempolicy.c in Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier does not sanity check the maxnod variable before making certain computations for the get_nodes function, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015752 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/ ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/23895 ↗
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/2/27/355 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16924 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25204 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63 ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19955 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0304.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=184510 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=636f13c174dd7c84a437d3c3e8fa66f03f7fda63 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20398 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9674 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20914 ↗