Description
The eisa_eeprom_read function in the parisc isa-eeprom component (drivers/parisc/eisa_eeprom.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to access restricted memory via a negative ppos argument, which bypasses a check that assumes that ppos is positive and causes an out-of-bounds read in the readb function.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.8/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6b4dbcd86a9d464057fcc7abe4d0574093071fcc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37105
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/1Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/18/6Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52906
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6b4dbcd86a9d464057fcc7abe4d0574093071fcc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37105
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/10/1Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/18/6Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52906
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 18, 2009
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified