[linux-source] multiple DoS vulnerabilities
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: linux-source
References:
[1]: http://
[2]: http://
Quoting [1]:
"The minix filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via a malformed minix file stream that triggers an infinite loop in the minix_bmap function. NOTE: this issue might be due to an integer overflow or signedness error."
Quoting [2]:
"Integer underflow in the ieee80211_rx function in net/ieee80211/
See also: www.debian. org/security/ 2007/dsa- 1428)
DSA-1428-1 (http://