Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.25.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005040
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Jul 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Jul 2008

CVE-2008-2826  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.25.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and system outage) via vectors involving a large addr_num field in an sctp_getaddrs_old data structure.

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