CVE-2011-1759

Integer overflow in the sys_oabi_semtimedop function in arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on the ARM platform, when CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by providing a crafted argument and leveraging a race condition.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.2 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2012-06-13

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0f22072ab50cac7983f9660d33974b45184da4f9
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/02/16
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f22072ab50cac7983f9660d33974b45184da4f9