Multiple integer signedness errors in the TIPC implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to gain privileges via…

Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the TIPC implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted sendmsg call that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to the tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c and the verify_iovec function in net/core/iovec.c.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

• n/a
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Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (26)

• 42789 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0024 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [netdev] 20101021 TIPC security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [netdev] 20101027 [PATCH 4/4] tipc: Fix bugs in sending of large amounts of byte-stream data (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 46397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [netdev] 20101027 [PATCH 1/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_calc_data_size() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645867 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [netdev] 20101027 [PATCH 0/4] RFC: tipc int vs size_t fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [netdev] 20101028 Re: [PATCH 2/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_build() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101022 CVE request: kernel: heap overflow in TIPC (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 42963 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 44354 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [netdev] 20101027 [PATCH 3/4] tipc: Update arguments to use size_t for iovec array sizes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0162 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [netdev] 20101027 [PATCH 2/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_build() (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=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0168 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [netdev] 20101027 Re: [PATCH 1/4] tipc: Fix bugs in tipc_msg_calc_data_size() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101022 Re: CVE request: kernel: heap overflow in TIPC (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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, 03:26 UTC.