Integer overflow in the ioc_general function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.1 on 64-bit platforms allows local…

Description

Integer overflow in the ioc_general function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.1 on 64-bit platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large argument in an ioctl call.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.54% · top 54% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-190 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-190 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (37)

• [linux-scsi] 20101008 [patch] gdth: integer overflow in ioctl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651147 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 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
• 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
• RHSA-2011:0004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101108 Re: CVE request: kernel: gdth: integer overflow in ioc_general() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 42801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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
• SUSE-SA:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f63ae56e4e97fb12053590e41a4fa59e7daa74a4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-18983 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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] 20101108 CVE request: kernel: gdth: integer overflow in ioc_general() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101109 Re: CVE request: kernel: gdth: integer overflow in ioc_general() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0124 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101109 Re: CVE request: kernel: gdth: integer overflow in ioc_general() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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
• ADV-2010-3321 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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
• 42963 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101110 Re: CVE request: kernel: gdth: integer overflow in ioc_general() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 44648 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0375 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0162 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0012 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2011:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0168 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 42745 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 43291 (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, 03:34 UTC.