CVE-2008-2826 Information

Description

Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and system outage) via vectors involving a large addr_num field in an sctp_getaddrs_old data structure.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=735ce972fbc8a65fb17788debd7bbe7b4383cc62 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html http://lwn.net/Articles/287350/ http://secunia.com/advisories/30901 http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 http://secunia.com/advisories/31202 http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 http://secunia.com/advisories/32370 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.7 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29990 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020514 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2511 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43559 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629