Description
The reiserfs_copy_from_user_to_file_region function in reiserfs/file.c for Linux kernel 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 before 2.6.11-rc4, when running on 64-bit architectures, may allow local users to trigger a buffer overflow as a result of casting discrepancies between size_t and int data types.
References
- 20050315 [USN-95-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities mailing-list
- SUSE-SA:2005:018 vendor-advisory
- 20050215 linux kernel 2.6 fun. windoze is a joke mailing-list
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4042018227TkNpHlX6BefnItV_GqMmzQ
- http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_3.html