CVE-2011-1017

Published: 01 March 2011

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ldm_frag_add function in fs/partitions/ldm.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.37.2 and earlier might allow local users to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information via a crafted LDM partition table.

From the Ubuntu security team

Timo Warns discovered that the LDM disk partition handling code did not correctly handle certain values. By inserting a specially crafted disk device, a local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.39~rc4)






	Patches: Upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=c340b1d640001c8c9ecff74f68fd90422ae2448a
linux-ec2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.39~rc4)






linux-fsl-imx51 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.39~rc4)






linux-lts-backport-maverick Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.39~rc4)






linux-lts-backport-natty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.39~rc4)






linux-mvl-dove Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.39~rc4)






linux-source-2.6.15 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.39~rc4)






linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Released (2.6.39~rc4)

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