Description
Multiple integer signedness errors in net/rose/af_rose.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc5-next-20100923 allow local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a rose_getname function call, related to the rose_bind and rose_connect functions.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 5.0 | linux-2.6 | 2.6.26-26lenny1 | DSA-2126-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | kernel-source | 4.8.13-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10128-1 |
Advisories 2
- DSA-2126-1 linux-2.6 - several issues Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10128-1 kernel-debug-4.8.13-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- USN-1000-1 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20100921 Re: CVE request: kernel: Heap corruption in ROSE mailing-list
- [linux-netdev] 20100920 [PATCH] rose: Fix signedness issues wrt. digi count. mailing-list
- 68163 vdb-entry
- 41493 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2011:007 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2010:060 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20100921 CVE request: kernel: Heap corruption in ROSE mailing-list
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/next/patch-v2.6.36-rc5-next-20100923.bz2
- 43368 vdb-entry
- ADV-2011-0298 vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2011:051 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2010:050 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2010:051 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0375 vdb-entry
- SUSE-SA:2011:008 vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2011:029 vendor-advisory
- kernel-rose-bind-dos(61953) vdb-entry
- 43291 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2010:054 vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9828e6e6e3f19efcb476c567b9999891d051f52f
- DSA-2126 vendor-advisory