SB2012100308 - Integer overflow in Linux kernel
Published: October 3, 2012
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3209)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732878
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/3
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f8bd2258e2d520dff28c855658bd24bdafb5102d
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f8bd2258e2d520dff28c855658bd24bdafb5102d