Title: RETIRED: Linux Kernel 'irda-usb.c' Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
The Linux Kernel is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. Specifically, an 11-character string for a firmware upgrade filename is copied via an 'sprintf()' call to an 11-character buffer, which fails to account for a trailing '\0' character. This issue occurs in the 'drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c' source file.
An attacker may be able to exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user into installing a specially crafted firmware file.
The attacker can exploit this issue to prevent firmware uploading. This may result in a denial-of-service condition. Given the nature of this issue, the attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel-level privileges, but this has not been confirmed.
Linux Kernel 2.6.18 up to 2.6.28.2 are vulnerable.
UPDATE (January 27, 2009): This BID is being retired because there is no discernable security implication.
Affected Products:
- Debian Linux 4.0
- Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
- Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
- Debian Linux 4.0 arm
- Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
- Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
- Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
- Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
- Debian Linux 4.0 mips
- Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
- Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
- Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
- Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
- Linux kernel 2.6.18
- Linux kernel 2.6.18
- Linux kernel 2.6.18 .1
- Linux kernel 2.6.18-53
- Linux kernel 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5
- Linux kernel 2.6.18.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.18.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.19
- Linux kernel 2.6.19 -rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.19 -rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.19 -rc3
- Linux kernel 2.6.19 -rc4
- Linux kernel 2.6.19.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.19.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.19.2
- Linux kernel 2.6.20
- Linux kernel 2.6.20
- Linux kernel 2.6.20 -git5
- Linux kernel 2.6.20-2
- Linux kernel 2.6.20-rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.20.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.20.11
- Linux kernel 2.6.20.13
- Linux kernel 2.6.20.15
- Linux kernel 2.6.20.2
- Linux kernel 2.6.20.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.20.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.20.5
- Linux kernel 2.6.20.8
- Linux kernel 2.6.20.9
- Linux kernel 2.6.21
- Linux kernel 2.6.21 .1
- Linux kernel 2.6.21 4
- Linux kernel 2.6.21-RC3
- Linux kernel 2.6.21-RC3
- Linux kernel 2.6.21-RC4
- Linux kernel 2.6.21-RC5
- Linux kernel 2.6.21-RC6
- Linux kernel 2.6.21-git8
- Linux kernel 2.6.21.2
- Linux kernel 2.6.21.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.21.6
- Linux kernel 2.6.21.7
- Linux kernel 2.6.22
- Linux kernel 2.6.22-rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.22-rc7
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.11
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.12
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.13
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.14
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.15
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.16
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.17
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.2
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.5
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.6
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.7
- Linux kernel 2.6.22.8
- Linux kernel 2.6.23
- Linux kernel 2.6.23-rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.23-rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.23.09
- Linux kernel 2.6.23.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.23.10
- Linux kernel 2.6.23.14
- Linux kernel 2.6.23.2
- Linux kernel 2.6.23.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.23.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.23.5
- Linux kernel 2.6.23.6
- Linux kernel 2.6.23.7
- Linux kernel 2.6.24
- Linux kernel 2.6.24-git13
- Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc3
- Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc4
- Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc5
- Linux kernel 2.6.24.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.24.2
- Linux kernel 2.6.24.6
- Linux kernel 2.6.25
- Linux kernel 2.6.25
- Linux kernel 2.6.25 .15
- Linux kernel 2.6.25 19
- Linux kernel 2.6.25.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.25.10
- Linux kernel 2.6.25.11
- Linux kernel 2.6.25.12
- Linux kernel 2.6.25.13
- Linux kernel 2.6.25.2
- Linux kernel 2.6.25.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.25.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.25.5
- Linux kernel 2.6.25.6
- Linux kernel 2.6.25.7
- Linux kernel 2.6.25.8
- Linux kernel 2.6.25.9
- Linux kernel 2.6.26
- Linux kernel 2.6.26 -rc6
- Linux kernel 2.6.26 .5
- Linux kernel 2.6.26 7
- Linux kernel 2.6.26-rc5-git1
- Linux kernel 2.6.26.1
- Linux kernel 2.6.26.3
- Linux kernel 2.6.26.4
- Linux kernel 2.6.26.6
- Linux kernel 2.6.27
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 -rc6-git6
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 -rc8
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 -rc8-git5
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 .5
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 12
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 3
- Linux kernel 2.6.27 6
- Linux kernel 2.6.27-rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.27-rc2
- Linux kernel 2.6.27-rc5
- Linux kernel 2.6.27-rc6
- Linux kernel 2.6.27.12
- Linux kernel 2.6.27.13
- Linux kernel 2.6.27.8
- Linux kernel 2.6.28
- Linux kernel 2.6.28 -git7
- Linux kernel 2.6.28 -rc1
- Linux kernel 2.6.28 -rc5
- Linux kernel 2.6.28 -rc7
- Linux kernel 2.6.28.1
- Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 2.0.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 2.1.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 2.2.0
References:
- Jos-Vicente Gilabert: drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.c: fix buffer overflow
- Jose-Vicente Gilabert: Bug 12397 function stir421x_patch_device can't upload firmware
- Mark J Cox: Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel irda driver buffer overflow
- kernel.org: Linux 2.6.28.2
- kernel.org: Linux kernel Homepage
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