Bug 118555

Summary:	writes to /proc/scsi/scsi can scribble on random memory
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1	Reporter:	Matthew Galgoci <mgalgoci>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Jason Baron <jbaron>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version:	2.1	CC:	knoel, riel
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Description Matthew Galgoci 2004-03-17 18:03:39 UTC

Description of problem:

Invalid data (or typoes) to /proc/scsi/scsi can scribble on random
kernel memory.

How reproducible:

every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Accidently feed invalid data to /proc/scsi/scsi
2. Watch in awe as weird things happen.

  
Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:

Comment 1 Jason Baron 2004-03-22 17:35:13 UTC

Can you provide a more specific example?

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2007-10-19 19:23:01 UTC

This bug is filed against RHEL2.1, which is in maintenance phase.
During the maintenance phase, only security errata and select mission
critical bug fixes will be released for enterprise products.  Since
this bug does not meet that criteria, it is now being closed.

For more information of the RHEL errata support policy, please visit:
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/

If you feel this bug is indeed mission critical, please contact your
support representative.  You may be asked to provide detailed
information on how this bug is affecting you.