CVE - CVE-2011-2906

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-2906	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
DISPUTED Integer signedness error in the pmcraid_ioctl_passthrough function in drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or memory corruption) via a negative size value in an ioctl call. NOTE: this may be a vulnerability only in unusual environments that provide a privileged program for obtaining the required file descriptor.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20110810 Re: CVE requests: Two kernel issues URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/09/8 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b5b515445f4f5a905c5dd27e6e682868ccd6c09d CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b5b515445f4f5a905c5dd27e6e682868ccd6c09d
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20110727	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110727)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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