Bug 471835

Summary: kernel: V4L/DVB (9621): Avoid writing outside shadow.bytes[] array
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Eugene Teo (Security Response) <eteo>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Bug Depends On: 471840, 471841, 471842, 471843, 471844, 471845, 471846, 471847    
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Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2008-11-17 04:10:29 UTC
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab>
There were no check about the limits of shadow.bytes array. This offers a risk of writing values outside the limits, overriding other data areas.

Comment 4 Kurt Seifried 2011-09-30 21:13:24 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise MRG v1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 5)

Via RHSA-2009:0053 available at
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html