Bug 152418

Summary: CAN-2005-0839 N_MOUSE line discipline flaw
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Mark J. Cox <mjc>
Component: kernelAssignee: Dave Jones <davej>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Mark J. Cox 2005-03-29 11:40:36 UTC 
4. input: Only root should be able to set the N_MOUSE line discipline.
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@41fa6464E1UuGu6zmketEYxm73KSyQ

Routine used in setting line discipline on a serial tty.  Note possibly the
wrong fix: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg64695.html

Impact: a non privileged user could inject mouse movements or possibly
keystrokes when another user is logged in.

Affects: FC2, FC3