CVE-2007-2875 Information

Description

Integer underflow in the cpuset_tasks_read function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.13 and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4 when the cpuset filesystem is mounted allows local users to obtain kernel memory contents by using a large offset when reading the /dev/cpuset/tasks file.

Reference

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.13 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.4 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=541 http://osvdb.org/37113 http://secunia.com/advisories/26133 http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 http://secunia.com/advisories/26647 http://secunia.com/advisories/26760 http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24389 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018211 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2105 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34779 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9251