The PKT_CTRL_CMD_STATUS device ioctl retrieves a pointer to a
pktcdvd_device from the global pkt_devs array. The index into this
array is provided directly by the user and is a signed integer, so the
comparison to ensure that it falls within the bounds of this array will
fail when provided with a negative index.
This can be used to read arbitrary kernel memory or cause a crash due to
an invalid pointer dereference. This can be exploited by users with
permission to open /dev/pktcdvd/control (on many distributions, this is
readable by group "cdrom").
Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@gmail.com>
[ Rather than add a cast, just make the function take the right type -Linus ]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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