Bug 782697

Summary:	CVE-2012-0058 kernel: Unused iocbs in a batch should not be accounted as active [fedora-all]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Eugene Teo (Security Response) <eteo>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	rawhide	CC:	davej, gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, jwboyer, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2012-01-18 23:10:18 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	782696

Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2012-01-18 07:28:20 UTC

This is an automatically created tracking bug!  It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected Fedora
versions.

For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.

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Bodhi update submission link:
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Only one tracking bug has been filed; please ensure that it is only closed
when all affected versions are fixed.


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[bug automatically created by: add-tracking-bugs]

Comment 1 Josh Boyer 2012-01-18 14:21:13 UTC

This is only in rawhide at the moment.  The commit is already queued for the 3.2.2 stable release as well.  Will grab it later today.

Comment 2 Josh Boyer 2012-01-18 15:35:27 UTC

Fix committed and pushed.

Comment 3 Josh Boyer 2012-01-18 23:10:18 UTC

Fixed in the latest rawhide kernel build