Integer signedness error in the pkt_find_dev_from_minor function in drivers/block/pktcdvd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 allows…

Description

Integer signedness error in the pkt_find_dev_from_minor function in drivers/block/pktcdvd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted index value in a PKT_CTRL_CMD_STATUS ioctl call.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-476 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-476 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (24)

• SUSE-SA:2011:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 42778 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-1000-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 42801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 43551 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638085 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 42932 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.36-rc6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 15150 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100928 CVE request - kernel: pktcdvd ioctl dev_minor missing range check (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=252a52aa4fa22a668f019e55b3aac3ff71ec1c29 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0124 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0842 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100928 Re: CVE request - kernel: pktcdvd ioctl dev_minor missing range check (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://jon.oberheide.org/files/cve-2010-3437.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• DSA-2126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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, 03:11 UTC.