CVE-2011-4914

The ROSE protocol implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not verify that certain data-length values are consistent with the amount of data sent, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted data to a ROSE socket.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.4 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2012-06-21

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server (Novell)

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=e0bccd315db0c2f919e7fcf9cb60db21d9986f52
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/28/2
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=770777
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e0bccd315db0c2f919e7fcf9cb60db21d9986f52