# CVE-2010-3859: Multiple integer signedness errors in the TIPC implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to gain privileges via a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-12-29 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the TIPC implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted sendmsg call that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to the tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c and the verify_iovec function in net/core/iovec.c.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=128770476511716&w=2
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145264.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145263.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645867
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145247.html
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145352.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42963
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44354
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145262.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0162.html
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145265.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8acfe468b0384e834a303f08ebc4953d72fb690a
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0168
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=253eacc070b114c2ec1f81b067d2fed7305467b0
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg145248.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/5

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