Heap-based Buffer Overflow in FreeBSD Kernel

CVE-2016-1885 · MEDIUM Severity

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

Integer signedness error in the amd64_set_ldt function in sys/amd64/amd64/sys_machdep.c in FreeBSD 9.3 before p39, 10.1 before p31, and 10.2 before p14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via an i386_set_ldt system call, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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