The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2...
Vulnerability Description
The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not validate certain lengths, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and system crash) via a crafted filesystem image, related to fs/udf/inode.c and fs/udf/symlink.c.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a1d47b262952a45aae62bd49cfaf33dd76c11a2c
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a1d47b262952a45aae62bd49cfaf33dd76c11a2c
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/02/7
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e237ec37ec154564f8690c5bd1795339955eeef9
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e159332b9af4b04d882dbcfe1bb0117f0a6d4b58
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228229
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74964
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e159332b9af4b04d882dbcfe1bb0117f0a6d4b58
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e237ec37ec154564f8690c5bd1795339955eeef9
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html
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