Integer Signedness Errors in sg_scsi_ioctl Function in Linux 2.6.x

CVE-2005-0180 · LOW Severity

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

Multiple integer signedness errors in the sg_scsi_ioctl function in scsi_ioctl.c for Linux 2.6.x allow local users to read or modify kernel memory via negative integers in arguments to the scsi ioctl, which bypass a maximum length check before calling the copy_from_user and copy_to_user functions.

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