CVE-2011-4330 Information

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_mac2asc function in fs/hfs/trans.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HFS image with a crafted len field.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=bc5b8a9003132ae44559edd63a1623 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/14 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50750 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=755431 https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/9/303