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CVE-2010-2959

Published: 19 August 2010

Integer overflow in net/can/bcm.c in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.53, 2.6.32.x before 2.6.32.21, 2.6.34.x before 2.6.34.6, and 2.6.35.x before 2.6.35.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted CAN traffic.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Ben Hawkes discovered an integer overflow in the Controller Area Network

Notes

AuthorNote
smb
File bcm.c does not exist in Hardy and before.

Priority

High

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Not vulnerable

jaunty
Released (2.6.28-19.64)
karmic
Released (2.6.31-22.63)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-24.41)
maverick
Released (2.6.35-18.24)
upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc1)
Patches:
vendor: http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg137652.html
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=5b75c4973ce779520b9d1e392483207d6f842cde
jaunty: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~smb/CVEs/CVE-2010-2959/patches/jaunty/linux/0001-can-add-limit-for-nframes-and-clean-up-signed-unsigned.txt
karmic: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~smb/CVEs/CVE-2010-2959/patches/karmic/linux/0001-can-add-limit-for-nframes-and-clean-up-signed-unsigned.txt
lucid: http://chinstrap.ubuntu.com/~smb/CVEs/CVE-2010-2959/patches/lucid/linux/0001-can-add-limit-for-nframes-and-clean-up-signed-unsigned.txt
linux-ec2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic
Released (2.6.31-307.17)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-308.15)
maverick Ignored
(end of life)
upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc1)
linux-fsl-imx51
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic
Released (2.6.31-112.30)
lucid
Released (2.6.31-608.19)
maverick Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc1)
linux-mvl-dove
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic
Released (2.6.31-214.30)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-208.24)
maverick Not vulnerable

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc1)
linux-source-2.6.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable

hardy Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

karmic Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.36~rc1)