CVE-2010-3865 Information

Description

Integer overflow in the rds_rdma_pages function in net/rds/rdma.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted iovec struct in a Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) request which triggers a buffer overflow.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42778 http://secunia.com/advisories/42789 http://secunia.com/advisories/42801 http://secunia.com/advisories/42890 http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/29/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/01/1 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44549 http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145359.html http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145397.html http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62881