[SA19330] Linux Kernel Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

TITLE:
Linux Kernel Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19330

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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Unknown

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Linux Kernel 2.6.x
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DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which has
an unknown impact.

1) An integer overflow error exists within the "do_replace()"
function in Netfilter. This can be exploited to cause a buffer
overflow and allows the overwrite of arbitrary amounts of kernel
memory when data is copied from user space.

2) Insufficient memory allocation in "drivers/usb/gadget/rndis.c"
when handling NDIS response to OID_GEN_SUPPORTED_LIST may cause
kernel memory corruption.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.6.16.
http://www.kernel.org/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Solar Designer
2) Shaun Tancheff

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Kernel.org:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=ee4bb818ae35f68d1f848eae0a7b150a38eb4168
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8763716bfe4d8a16bef28c9947cf9d799b1796a5

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