#VU30983 Off-by-one in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-5331
Published: July 28, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30983
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-5331
CWE-ID: CWE-193
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
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.
External links
- 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