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Tracker / CVE-2010-3437

CVE-2010-3437

Medium 6.6

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.

Affected products and versions

canonical ubuntu_linux
debian debian_linux
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel · … → 2.6.36
opensuse opensuse
suse linux_enterprise_desktop
suse linux_enterprise_real_time_extension
suse linux_enterprise_server
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

Analysis

This page is not indexable yet.Until it carries original analysis — what it actually exposes, how to check in two minutes whether a system was touched, what to do if it was — the page stays noindex. The database decides that, not the template.

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