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CVE-2010-4656

CVE-2010-4656

EPSS 0.4%
The iowarrior_write function in drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly allocate memory, which might allow local users to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, and consequently cause a denial of service or gain privileges, via a long report.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ed780117dbe5acb64280d218f0347f238dafed0http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/9http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/3http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/4https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672420http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46069http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1