Name: NetBSD kernel swapctl(2) vulnerability Date: 11 June 2004 CVE candidate: not assigned Author: Evgeny Demidov
Description:
There exists a integer handling vulnerability in NetBSD swapctl(2) system call.
It seems that this vulnerability can not be exploited to gain super-user
privilegies, but any local attacker can crash the kernel.
Fix:
It is available in CVS: http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/uvm/uvm_swap.c.diff?r1=1.85&r2=1.85.2.1
History:
The vulnerability has been discovered several months ago by Evgeny Demidov during NetBSD kernel source code au
dit.
It has been made availabe to VulnDisco clients two months ago.
