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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-0532
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CVE-2005-0532

Description:
The reiserfs_copy_from_user_to_file_region function in reiserfs/file.c for Linux kernel 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 before 2.6.11-rc4, when running on 64-bit architectures, may allow local users to trigger a buffer overflow as a result of casting discrepancies between size_t and int data types.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html

MISC
  http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_3.html

FULLDISC
  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=full-disclosure&m=110846727602817&w=2

CONFIRM
  http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@42018227TkNpHlX6BefnItV_GqMmzQ

BUGTRAQ
  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=111091402626556&w=2


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