A vulnerability has been identified in Linux Kernel, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service or gain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "isdn_net_setcfg()" [drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c] function when processing specially crafted IIOCNETSCF requests, which could be exploited by malicious users to panic an affected system or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Venustech AD-LAB.
ChangeLog
2007-11-30 : Initial release
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