Bug 230585 (CVE-2008-2826)

Summary:	Linux <2.6.25.9 sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old() DoS (CVE-2008-2826)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) <rbu>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kernel
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=735ce972fbc8a65fb17788debd7bbe7b4383cc62
Whiteboard:	[linux <2.6.25.9]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-07-02 23:35:39 UTC

CVE-2008-2826 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-2826):
  Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in
  net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp)
  functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause
  a denial of service (resource consumption and system outage) via vectors
  involving a large addr_num field in an sctp_getaddrs_old data structure.

Comment 1 kfm 2009-07-20 19:18:48 UTC

hardened-kernel unaffected at present time. Removing alias.

PS: Anything using >=genpatches-2.6.25-7 is unaffected