CVE-2004-2013 - Excruciating Homicide

Description

Integer overflow in the SCTP_SOCKOPT_DEBUG_NAME SCTP socket option in socket.c in the Linux kernel 2.4.25 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an optlen value of -1 which causes kmalloc to allocate 0 bytes of memory.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-05/0091.html http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021223.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10326 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108456230815842&w=2 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16117