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author | Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> | 2007-07-15 17:10:14 -0700 |
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committer | Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> | 2007-08-25 17:24:18 +0200 |
commit | 0496a0322a9f80a27f289fe61ed0936e9b2c7eb5 (patch) | |
tree | dcbab906167cb809f9d2b2fca4ce54f3b8e1941e /kernel/stacktrace.c | |
parent | 0ea4a21321478a85e9c4dfdb877f44a868e2a91a (diff) |
[PATCH] random: fix bound check ordering (CVE-2007-3105)
If root raised the default wakeup threshold over the size of the
output pool, the pool transfer function could overflow the stack with
RNG bytes, causing a DoS or potential privilege escalation.
(Bug reported by the PaX Team <pageexec@freemail.hu>)
Cc: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
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