Description

Integer overflow in the ib_uverbs_poll_cq function in drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large value of a certain structure member.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7182afea8d1afd432a17c18162cc3fd441d0da93

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0927.html

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46073

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667916

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2