GHSA-r25p-8mfp-2hwq
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.38 and earlier does not validate (1) length and (2) offset values before performing memory copy operations, which might allow local users to gain privileges, cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted ioctl call, related to the _ctl_do_mpt_command and _ctl_diag_read_buffer functions.
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Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (5 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch (4 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694021 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47185 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1495 advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/688021 url
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416 url
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/5/327 url
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/05/32 url
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/06/2 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397 url
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0542 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0833 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0883 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1253 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1495 advisory