SB2019072813 - Off-by-one in Linux kernel
Published: July 28, 2019 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019072813
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Off-by-one (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-5331)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
** DISPUTED ** In the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, a range check issue in drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios.c could cause an off by one (buffer overflow) problem. NOTE: At least one Linux maintainer believes that this CVE is incorrectly assigned and should be rejected because the value is hard coded and are not user-controllable where it is used.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-5331
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0031c41be5c529f8329e327b63cde92ba1284842
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0031c41be5c529f8329e327b63cde92ba1284842
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K33183814?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS