Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2005-0532

The reiserfs_copy_from_user_to_file_region function in reiserfs/file.c for Linux kernel 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 before 2.6.11-rc4, when running on 64-bit architectures, may allow local users to trigger a buffer overflow as a result of casting discrepancies between size_t and int data types.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.10, 2.6.11
N/a — versions n/a

References

secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_SUSE, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)