Bug 78362 – Local DoS through vc_resize (CAN-2004-1333)

• Product: Gentoo Security
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-01-17 07:00:50 UTC]

CAN-2004-1333
Integer overflow in the vc_resize function in the Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a short new screen value, which leads to a buffer overflow.

[Comment 1 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-01-17 07:04:24 UTC]

See URL for common patches with bug 78363 and bug 74392.

[Comment 2 Adam Mondl (RETIRED) 2005-01-21 19:11:14 UTC]

Fixed in ~x86 hardened-sources-2.4.28-r4

[Comment 3 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2005-02-15 13:55:52 UTC]

Created attachment 51304 [details, diff]
2.4 patch

[Comment 4 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2005-02-15 13:56:23 UTC]

Created attachment 51305 [details, diff]
2.6.9 patch

[Comment 5 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-03-16 03:16:49 UTC]

Mass-Ccing [e-mail] to make sure Kernel Security guys know about all
of these...

[Comment 6 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2005-03-16 05:57:13 UTC]

gentoo-dev-sources unaffected

[Comment 7 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2005-03-29 05:52:06 UTC]

All fixed, closing bug.

[Comment 8 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2005-03-29 05:53:53 UTC]

Hrm, a few of the branched sources still need fixing; reopening.

[Comment 9 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2005-03-29 06:03:16 UTC]

`Kumba: It seems mips-sources-2.4.27, 2.4.28, 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.9 still need this fix; anything >= 2.6.10 already includes it.

[Comment 10 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2005-04-06 15:13:56 UTC]

openmosix-sources also needs patching; CCing cluster.

[Comment 11 Joshua Kinard 2005-04-23 22:30:24 UTC]

mips-sources fixed.

[Comment 12 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2005-08-15 15:36:11 UTC]

All fixed, closing bug.