Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2011-1010

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Buffer overflow in the mac_partition function in fs/partitions/mac.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed Mac OS partition table.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2011-1010

External References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fa7ea87a057958a8b7926c1a60a3ca6d696328ed
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/11
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/15
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/22/3
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8115
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37.2
• http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-01.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516615/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46492
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025126
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679282
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65643

Related Security Bulletins

• Buffer overflow in Linux kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux, linux-ec2
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-lts-backport-maverick