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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:32:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
cc: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Subject: Re: CVE request: kernel: perf_counter: Fix buffer
overflow in perf_copy_attr()
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Name: CVE-2009-3234
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3234
Reference: MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20090916 [patch 15/45] perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr()
Reference: URL:http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/890654
Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20090916 CVE request: kernel: perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr()
Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/16/1
Reference: BID:36423
Reference: URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36423
Buffer overflow in the perf_copy_attr function in
kernel/perf_counter.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc1 allows local
users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a "big size data" to
the perf_counter_open system call.
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