CVE-2010-3437

Integer signedness error in the pkt_find_dev_from_minor function in drivers/block/pktcdvd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted index value in a PKT_CTRL_CMD_STATUS ioctl call.

Date published : 2010-10-04

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43551

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=252a52aa4fa22a668f019e55b3aac3ff71ec1c29