FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- Incorrect argument validation in sysarch(2) (7b6a11b5-600a-11e6-a6c3-14dae9d210b8)

A special combination of sysarch2 arguments, specify a request to uninstall a set of descriptors from the LDT. The start descriptor is cleared and the number of descriptors are provided. Due to lack of sufficient bounds checking during argument validity verification, unbound zero'ing of the proce...

FreeBSD-SA-16:15.sysarch

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-16:15.sysarch REVISED Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: Incorrect argument validation in sysarch2 Category: core Module: kernel Announced: 2016-10-25...

FreeBSD -- Incorrect argument validation in sysarch(2)

Problem Description: A special combination of sysarch2 arguments, specify a request to uninstall a set of descriptors from the LDT. The start descriptor is cleared and the number of descriptors are provided. Due to lack of sufficient bounds checking during argument validity verification, unbound...