Integer overflow in rose_sendmsg (sys/net/af_rose.c) in the Linux kernel 2.6.24.4, and other versions before 2.6.30-rc1, might allow…

Description

Integer overflow in rose_sendmsg (sys/net/af_rose.c) in the Linux kernel 2.6.24.4, and other versions before 2.6.30-rc1, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a large length value, which causes "garbage" memory to be sent.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (25)

• 35390 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 53630 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 35656 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10423 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• DSA-1794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 53571 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 35185 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35011 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=83e0bbcbe2145f160fbaa109b0439dae7f4a38a9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 34654 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090408 CVE-2009-1265 kernel: af_rose/x25: Sanity check the maximum user frame size (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-793-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 53631 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 34981 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1800 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 35387 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:119 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 35121 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35394 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:04 UTC.