Integer underflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2011-2497
Published: August 29, 2011 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92543
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2497
CWE-ID: CWE-191
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow error. A remote non-authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-2497
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.0
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130891911909436&w=2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/24/9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716805
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48472
- http://www.osvdb.org/74679
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/3
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8359
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ac28817536797fd40e9646452183606f9e17f71