Description
In the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, a range check issue in drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios.c could cause an off by one (buffer overflow) problem. NOTE: At least one Linux maintainer believes that this CVE is incorrectly assigned and should be rejected because the value is hard coded and are not user-controllable where it is used
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.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | linux +3 | No fix yet | — |
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0031c41be5c529f8329e327b63cde92ba1284842
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0031c41be5c529f8329e327b63cde92ba1284842
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K33183814?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-5331