Description
The osf_partition function in fs/partitions/osf.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 does not properly handle an invalid number of partitions, which might allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via vectors related to partition-table parsing.
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://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg82737.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46878 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1eafbfeb7bdf59cfe173304c76188f3fd5f1fd05 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688021 ↗
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8189 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025225 ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/14 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/9 ↗
- http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-02.txt ↗
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517050 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html ↗