Bug 286093 (CVE-2009-3280)

Summary:	Kernel: cfg80211: find_ie() signedness error (CVE-2009-3280)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Alex Legler (RETIRED) <a3li>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	hardened-kernel+disabled, jaak, kernel, WineLauncher.Jonathan
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=fcc6cb0c13555e78c2d47257b6d1b5e59b0c419a
Whiteboard:	[linux <2.6.31.1] [gp <2.6.31-2]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester

2009-09-23 14:26:52 UTC

CVE-2009-3280 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3280):
  Integer signedness error in the find_ie function in
  net/wireless/scan.c in the cfg80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel
  before 2.6.31.1-rc1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
  service (soft lockup) via malformed packets.