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| author | Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> | 2007-10-07 00:27:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> | 2007-10-07 00:27:53 +0200 |
| commit | 47d9c7762bd6e2d766cba697952f11fba9d5acf6 (patch) | |
| tree | 7e487af390ac0624d08f141ebf99b5b544490f39 /include | |
| parent | 46f6fdb65fb9a80fa31ab25c5aad3d150bb7c398 (diff) | |
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random: fix bound check ordering (CVE-2007-3105)
If root raised the default wakeup threshold over the size of the
output pool, the pool transfer function could overflow the stack with
RNG bytes, causing a DoS or potential privilege escalation.
(Bug reported by the PaX Team <pageexec@freemail.hu>)
Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
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