Author: dannf Date: Mon Jan 30 01:02:44 2006 New Revision: 5628 Modified: patch-tracking/CVE-2005-0530 Log: marcello says 2.4 isn't affected
Modified: patch-tracking/CVE-2005-0530 ============================================================================== --- patch-tracking/CVE-2005-0530 (original) +++ patch-tracking/CVE-2005-0530 Mon Jan 30 01:02:44 2006 @@ -15,15 +15,24 @@ kernel 2.6.10 and 2.6.11rc1 allows local users to read kernel memory via a negative argument. Notes: + dannf> This doesn't affect 2.4: + marcello> v2.4 does not suffer from the issue mentioned by Guninski because + marcello> the first argument of the arithmetic comparison is not casted + marcello> to a "signed" value: + . + marcello> n = min((ssize_t)*nr, n); + . + marcello> That was the problem in v2.6, where an unsigned value bigger than + marcello> 2^31 would be treated as a negative signed. Bugs: -upstream: -linux-2.6: +upstream: released (2.6.11) +linux-2.6: N/A 2.6.8-sarge-security: released (2.6.8-14) [116-n_tty_copy_from_read_buf_signedness_fixes.dpatch] -2.4.27-sarge-security: -2.4.19-woody-security: -2.4.18-woody-security: -2.4.17-woody-security: -2.4.16-woody-security: -2.4.17-woody-security-hppa: -2.4.17-woody-security-ia64: -2.4.18-woody-security-hppa: +2.4.27-sarge-security: N/A +2.4.19-woody-security: N/A +2.4.18-woody-security: N/A +2.4.17-woody-security: N/A +2.4.16-woody-security: N/A +2.4.17-woody-security-hppa: N/A +2.4.17-woody-security-ia64: N/A +2.4.18-woody-security-hppa: N/A _______________________________________________ Kernel-svn-changes mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel-svn-changes
