CVE-2006-5751 Information

Description

Integer overflow in the get_fdb_entries function in net/bridge/br_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.18.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large maxnum value in an ioctl request.

Reference

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18.4 http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-29-11-2006.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html http://secunia.com/advisories/23073 http://secunia.com/advisories/23252 http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 http://secunia.com/advisories/23593 http://secunia.com/advisories/23752 http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 http://secunia.com/advisories/24547 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blobdiff;h=4c61a7e0a86e1ae9e16867f9f8e4b0412b8edbaf;hp=4e4119a1213925568b8a1acdef9bf52b98b19da3;hb=ba8379b220509e9448c00a77cf6c15ac2a559cc7;f=net/bridge/br_ioctl.c http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ba8379b220509e9448c00a77cf6c15ac2a559cc7 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:002 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453681/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21353 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4781 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30588 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-803 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-837 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10151