Published: 02/02/2011 Updated: 13/02/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 642

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The dvb_ca_ioctl function in drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110_ca.c in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.38-rc2 does not check the sign of a certain integer field, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a negative value.

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Multiple flaws in the Linux kernel ...

Multiple kernel vulnerabilities have been fixed ...

Multiple kernel flaws have been fixed ...

An attacker could send crafted input to the kernel and cause it to crash ...

Multiple flaws fixed in the Linux kernel ...

Multiple kernel vulnerabilities have been fixed ...

Multiple kernel flaws have been fixed ...

Ubuntu Security Notice 1202-1 - Dan Rosenberg discovered that several network ioctls did not clear kernel memory correctly A local user could exploit this to read kernel stack memory, leading to a loss of privacy Brad Spengler discovered that stack memory for new a process was not correctly calculated A local attacker could exploit this to crash ...

CWE-119 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc2 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/2 http://secunia.com/advisories/43009 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45986 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025195 http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64988 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cb26a24ee9706473f31d34cc259f4dcf45cd0644 https://nvd.nist.gov https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/105078/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-1202-1.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/1133-1/

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