Integer overflow in the ioc_general function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the...

Vulnerability Description

Integer overflow in the ioc_general function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.1 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large argument in an ioctl call.

References

• http://ns3.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg47361.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651147
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/09/3
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42801
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f63ae56e4e97fb12053590e41a4fa59e7daa74a4
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/09/1
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/09/4
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/09/5
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/10/12
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44648
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43291