Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting kernel-kdump-devel package, versions <0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELKDUMPDEVEL-1420713
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Sept 2010

Introduced: 15 Sep 2010

CVE-2010-3067  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-kdump-devel to version 0:2.6.32-71.14.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:0007.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-kdump-devel package and not the kernel-kdump-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the do_io_submit function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc4-next-20100915 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted use of the io_submit system call.

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