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Linux Kernel panic() Buffer Overflow Has Unspecified Impact
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1009931
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1009931
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CVE Reference: CAN-2004-0394
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Apr 23 2004
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Impact: Not specified
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Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.4, 2.6
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Description: A buffer overflow vulnerability was reported in the Linux Kernel in the panic() function. The impact was not specified.
Red Hat reported that there is a potential buffer overflow in the Linux kernel in the panic() function. According to the report,
the flaw is unlikely to be exploitable becuase the function does not return.
Shaun Colley is credited with discovering this flaw.
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Impact: The impact was not specified.
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Solution: No solution was available at the time of this entry.
[See the Message History for separate alerts regarding fixes from individual Linux distribution vendors.]
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Vendor URL: www.kernel.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Caldera/SCO), Linux (Conectiva), Linux (Debian), Linux (EnGarde), Linux (Gentoo), Linux (HP Secure OS), Linux (Immunix), Linux (Mandrake), Linux (Progeny Debian), Linux (Red Hat Enterprise), Linux (Red Hat Fedora), Linux (Red Hat Linux), Linux (SGI), Linux (Slackware), Linux (Sun), Linux (SuSE), Linux (Trustix), Linux (Turbo Linux), Linux (Xandros)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 13:11:35 -0400
Subject: CAN-2004-0394
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CVE: CAN-2004-0394
Red Hat reported that there is a potential buffer overflow in the Linux kernel in the
panic() function. According to the report, the flaw is unlikely to be exploitable becuase
the function does not return.
Shaun Colley is credited with discovering this flaw.
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