CVE-2008-5701 Information

Description

Array index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an o32 syscall with a small syscall number which leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=e807f9574e37a3f202e677feaaad1b7c5d2c0db8 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/1 http://secunia.com/advisories/33078 http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32716 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47190