Integer Underflow Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's irda_getsockopt Function

CVE-2010-4529 · LOW Severity

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

Integer underflow in the irda_getsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 on platforms other than x86 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via an IRLMP_ENUMDEVICES getsockopt call.

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