Bug 459460

Summary:	kernel: cpufreq: fix format string bug [rhel-5.3]
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Eugene Teo (Security Response) <eteo>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Martin Jenner <mjenner>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	5.3	CC:	bmaly, dzickus, lwang, riek
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	ZStream
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Bug Depends On:	459459
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Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2008-08-19 06:12:25 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #459459 +++

Description of problem:
Format string bug. Not exploitable, as this is only writable by root.

--- Additional comment from eteo on 2008-08-19 02:04:15 EDT ---

Proposed upstream patch:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=326f6a5c9c9e1a62aec37bdc0c3f8d53adabe77b

--- Additional comment from eteo on 2008-08-19 02:05:32 EDT ---

Created an attachment (id=314511)
Upstream patch for this issue

Comment 1 Don Zickus 2008-09-09 21:16:48 UTC

in kernel-2.6.18-109.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2009-01-20 20:26:39 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html