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Bug 385919 (CVE-2011-2208) - Kernel: linux >= 2.6.39.1 signedness error when processing the "osf_sysinfo() (CVE-2011-2208)
Summary: Kernel: linux >= 2.6.39.1 signedness error when processing the "osf_sysinfo()...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2011-2208
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: Alpha Linux
: Normal trivial (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: http://secunia.com/advisories/44754/
Whiteboard: [linux >= 2.6.39.1]
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Reported: 2011-10-06 19:58 UTC by Michael Harrison
Modified: 2013-09-04 03:25 UTC (History)
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Description Michael Harrison 2011-10-06 19:58:11 UTC 
A signedness error when processing the "osf_sysinfo()" system call in arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c can be exploited to disclose the contents of some kernel memory.
Comment 1 Michael Harrison 2012-01-31 10:44:36 UTC 
Original Advisory:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/6/11/87

Solution:
Fixed in version 2.6.35.14

This may not affect current sources, but I wanted to clean up the bug a bit for tracking purposes.

Thanks, Michael