CVE-2015-5707

NameCVE-2015-5707
DescriptionInteger overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large iov_count value in a write request.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-310-1, DSA-3329-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)3.16.84-1fixed
stretch (security)4.9.320-2fixed
stretch (lts), stretch4.9.320-3fixed
buster4.19.249-2fixed
buster (security)4.19.304-1fixed
bullseye5.10.209-2fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.205-2fixed
bookworm6.1.76-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.69-1fixed
trixie6.6.15-2fixed
sid6.7.9-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy3.2.68-1+deb7u3DSA-3329-1
linuxsourcejessie3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u3DSA-3329-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.1.3-1
linux-2.6sourcesqueeze2.6.32-48squeeze14DLA-310-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/6
Probably introduced in https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=10db10d144c0248f285242f79daf6b9de6b00a62 (v2.6.28-rc1)
Fixed by https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=451a2886b6bf90e2fb378f7c46c655450fb96e81 (v4.1-rc1)
Fixed by https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fdc81f45e9f57858da6351836507fbcf1b7583ee (v4.1-rc1)

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