Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's elf_core_dump Function

CVE-2005-1263 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The elf_core_dump function in binfmt_elf.c for Linux kernel 2.x.x to 2.2.27-rc2, 2.4.x to 2.4.31-pre1, and 2.6.x to 2.6.12-rc4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an ELF binary that, in certain conditions involving the create_elf_tables function, causes a negative length argument to pass a signed integer comparison, leading to a buffer overflow.

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