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CVE-2009-2846

The eisa_eeprom_read function in the parisc isa-eeprom component (drivers/parisc/eisa_eeprom.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to acc…

Impact

The eisa_eeprom_read function in the parisc isa-eeprom component (drivers/parisc/eisa_eeprom.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to access restricted memory via a negative ppos argument, which bypasses a check that assumes that ppos is positive and causes an out-of-bounds read in the readb function.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
through 2.6.31
Versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4

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