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CVE-2010-4656

Published: Jul 18, 2011

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

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Description

The iowarrior_write function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly allocate memory, which might allow local users to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, and consequently cause a denial of service or gain privileges, via a long report.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vendor-advisory

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672420

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[oss-security] 20110124 CVE request: linux kernel heap issues

mailing-list

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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ed780117dbe5acb64280d218f0347f238dafed0

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[oss-security] 20110125 Re: CVE request: linux kernel heap issues

mailing-list

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37

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[oss-security] 20110124 Re: CVE request: linux kernel heap issues

mailing-list

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vdb-entry

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