Bug 154219

Summary:	CAN-2005-0867 sysfs signedness problem
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Dave Jones <davej>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	4.0	CC:	jbaron, pfrields, riel
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Description Josh Bressers 2005-04-08 15:33:11 UTC

Integer overflow in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to overwrite kernel
memory by writing to a sysfs file.

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@4225063b_XBBiTHw3im4dHappGw2zQ

Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2005-04-19 18:52:29 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-2005-366.html