Description
Certain operations in Linux kernel before 2.2.19 on the x86 architecture copy the wrong number of bytes, which might allow attackers to modify memory, aka "User access asm bug on x86."
References
- RHSA-2001:047 vendor-advisory
- CSSA-2001-012.0 vendor-advisory
- http://www.linux.org.uk/VERSION/relnotes.2219.html
- DSA-047 vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2001:037 vendor-advisory
- 20010409 PROGENY-SA-2001-01: execve()/ptrace() exploit in Linux kernels mailing-list
- IMNX-2001-70-010-01 vendor-advisory
- CLA-2001:394 vendor-advisory
- 20010405 Trustix Security Advisory #2001-0003 - kernel mailing-list
- SuSE-SA:2001:018 vendor-advisory