Bug 144533

Summary:	random poolsize sysctl handler integer overflow
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Don Howard <dhoward>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	2.1	CC:	peterm, riel
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Hardware:	ia64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	public=20060107,impact=low
Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2005-551	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Josh Bressers 2005-01-07 22:27:40 UTC

*** This bug has been split off bug 144530 ***

------- Original comment by Josh Bressers (Security Response Team) on 2005.01.07
17:23 -------

grsecurity announcement to full-disclosure
http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-January/030660.html

This issue is low priority.  According to the advisory text "The poolsize bug
requires uid 0, but not anyroot capabilities."

The fix for this issue is in attachment 109503 [details]

Comment 1 Jim Paradis 2005-06-29 22:08:17 UTC

A fix for this has been committed to the RHEL2.1 source tree for inclusion in
the next security errata.

Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-08-25 13:17:16 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-551.html