CVE-2010-4529

Linux Kernel < 2.6.37 - Integer Underflow

Title source: rule

Description

Integer underflow in the irda_getsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 on platforms other than x86 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via an IRLMP_ENUMDEVICES getsockopt call.

References (10)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fdac1e0697356ac212259f2147aa60c72e334861

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/23/1

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/1

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/42684

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/43291

[Broken Link] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45556

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg150842.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375

Scores

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 15.2%

Classification

CWE

CWE-191

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.37

Timeline

Published Jan 13, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026