Heap-based buffer overflow in the bcm_connect function in net/can/bcm.c (aka the Broadcast Manager) in the Controller Area Network (CAN)…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (30)

• 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
• [oss-security] 20101220 CVE request: kernel: CAN information leak, 2nd attempt (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 42801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101220 Re: CVE request: kernel: CAN information leak, 2nd attempt (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101220 Re: CVE request: kernel: CAN information leak, 2nd attempt (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-18983 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101220 Re: CVE request: kernel: CAN information leak, 2nd attempt (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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
• [oss-security] 20101104 Re: CVE request: kernel: CAN information leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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
• ADV-2010-3321 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [netdev] 20101102 [SECURITY] CAN info leak/minor heap overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0958 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=649695 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 42890 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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
• 42745 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101220 Re: CVE request: kernel: CAN information leak, 2nd attempt (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101103 CVE request: kernel: CAN information leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [netdev] 20101110 can-bcm: fix minor heap overflow (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=0597d1b99fcfc2c0eada09a698f85ed413d4ba84 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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.