CVE-2011-1495

Summary

drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.38 and earlier does not validate (1) length and (2) offset values before performing memory copy operations, which might allow local users to gain privileges, cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted ioctl call, related to the _ctl_do_mpt_command and _ctl_diag_read_buffer functions.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/5/327
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/05/32
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694021
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/06/2
• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/688021/
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
• http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47185
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html

References

• http://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/5/327
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/05/32
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694021
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/06/2
• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/688021/
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html
• http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47185
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html

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