Integer Underflow Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.37)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004679
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Jan 2011
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Jan 2011

CVE-2010-4529  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.37 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Underflow. Integer underflow in the irda_getsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 on platforms other than x86 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via an IRLMP_ENUMDEVICES getsockopt call.

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