Bug 294245 (CVE-2009-4005)

Summary:	Kernel: collect_rx_frame() buffer under-read ? (CVE-2009-4005)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Alex Legler (RETIRED) <a3li>
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=286e633ef0ff5bb63c07b4516665da8004966fec
Whiteboard:	[linux <2.6.27.40] [linux >=2.6.28 <2.6.31.7] [gp <2.6.31-8]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester

2009-11-23 17:39:36 UTC

CVE-2009-4005 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4005):
  The collect_rx_frame function in drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_usb.c in the
  Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc7 allows attackers to have an
  unspecified impact via a crafted HDLC packet that arrives over ISDN
  and triggers a buffer under-read.

Comment 1 Bjoern Tropf (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-12-07 15:50:46 UTC

@Kernel: Please back-port this patch in the next 2.6.31 release.