CVE-2010-3874

Impact

Heap-based buffer overflow in the bcm_connect function in net/can/bcm.c (aka the Broadcast Manager) in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 on 64-bit platforms might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a connect operation.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0597d1b99fcfc2c0eada09a698f85ed413d4ba84
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/04/4
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/2
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/3
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/4
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/20/5
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/21/1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42745
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42778
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42801
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42932
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
• http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145791.html
• http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146469.html