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kernel: unspecified vulnerability

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2008-1675
Created:May 5, 2008 Updated:August 13, 2008
Description:

From the NVD Entry:

The bdx_ioctl_priv function in the tehuti driver (tehuti.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.25 does not properly check certain information related to register size, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors, probably related to reading or writing kernel memory.

Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:167 2008-08-12
Ubuntu USN-614-1 2008-06-03
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:109 2008-06-03
Fedora FEDORA-2008-3949 2008-05-14
Fedora FEDORA-2008-3873 2008-05-14
rPath rPSA-2008-0157-1 2008-05-02
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