Integer overflows in Sbus PROM driver allow arbitrary code execution

CVE-2004-2731 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Multiple integer overflows in Sbus PROM driver (drivers/sbus/char/openprom.c) for the Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, 2.6.x up to 2.6.7, and possibly later versions, allow local users to execute arbitrary code by specifying (1) a small buffer size to the copyin_string function or (2) a negative buffer size to the copyin function.

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