CVE-2010-4529: Integer Underflow
First published: Thu Jan 13 2011(Updated: )
Integer underflow in the irda_getsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 on platforms other than x86 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via an IRLMP_ENUMDEVICES getsockopt call.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | <2.6.37 | |
| debian/linux-2.6 | ||
| debian/user-mode-linux |
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Reference Links
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42684
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/23/1
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg150842.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fdac1e0697356ac212259f2147aa60c72e334861
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45556
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdac1e0697356ac212259f2147aa60c72e334861
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-4529
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4529
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4529
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4529
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4529
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