kernel: xfs: potential buffer overflow in xfs_readlink()

Buffer overflow in the xfsreadlink function in fs/xfs/xfsvnodeops.c in XFS in the Linux kernel 2.6, when CONFIGXFSDEBUG is disabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption and crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XFS image containing a symbolic link with a...

PT-2011-4840 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel version 2.6 Description: The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the xfs readlink function, which can cause memory corruption and a crash, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code. This occurs when CONFIG XFS DEB...

SuSE 10 Security Update : coreutils (ZYPP Patch Number 7655)

This update of coreutils fixes the following security issue : - 697897: coreutils: when running 'su -c' to execute commands as different user the target user could inject command back into the calling users terminal via the TIOCSTI ioctl. This update also fixes the following non-security issues :...

kernel: ecryptfs readlink flaw

fs/ecryptfs/inode.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service fault or memory corruption, or possibly have unspecified other impact, via a readlink call that results in an error, leading to use of a -1 return value as an array...

kernel: ecryptfs readlink flaw

fs/ecryptfs/inode.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service fault or memory corruption, or possibly have unspecified other impact, via a readlink call that results in an error, leading to use of a -1 return value as an array...

Linux Kernel readlink本地权限提升漏洞

BUGTRAQ ID: 33412 CVECAN ID: CVE-2009-0269 Linux Kernel是开放源码操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux Kernel的eCryptfs子系统的fs/ecryptfs/inode.c文件没有正确地检查readlink调用的返回结果。如果readlink调用生成的错误导致将-1返回值用作了数组索引，本地用户就可以导致拒绝服务或获得权限提升。 Linux kernel 2.6.x 厂商补丁： Linux ----- 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复这个安全问题，请到厂商的主页下载：...

Memory corruption

fs/ecryptfs/inode.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service fault or memory corruption, or possibly have unspecified other impact, via a readlink call that results in an error, leading to use of a -1 return value as an array...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1183-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Debian DSA-1183-1 : kernel-source-2.4.27 - several vulnerabilities

Several security related problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel which may lead to a denial of service or even the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2005-4798 A buffer overflow in NFS readlink handling...

security flaw

Buffer overflow in NFS readlink handling in the Linux Kernel 2.4 up to 2.4.31 allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service crash via a long symlink, which is not properly handled in 1 nfs2xdr.c or 2 nfs3xdr.c and causes a crash in the NFS client...