CVE-2011-4914

Published: 04 January 2012

The ROSE protocol implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not verify that certain data-length values are consistent with the amount of data sent, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted data to a ROSE socket.

From the Ubuntu security team

Ben Hutchings discovered several flaws in the Linux Rose (X.25 PLP) layer. A local user or a remote user on an X.25 network could exploit these flaws to execute arbitrary code as root.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
Patches:
Introduced by 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Fixed by e0bccd315db0c2f919e7fcf9cb60db21d9986f52
linux-armadaxp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
linux-ec2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
linux-fsl-imx51
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
linux-lts-backport-maverick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
linux-lts-backport-natty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
linux-lts-backport-oneiric
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
linux-mvl-dove
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)
linux-ti-omap4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream
Released (2.6.39~rc1)

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