Bug 515867 – CVE-2009-2767 kernel: clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW NULL pointer dereference

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Bug 515867 - (CVE-2009-2767) CVE-2009-2767 kernel: clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW NULL pointer dereference

Summary:	CVE-2009-2767 kernel: clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW NULL pointer...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2009-2767

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Reported:	2009-08-06 01:34 EDT by Eugene Teo (Security Response)
Modified:	2012-07-16 14:14 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2010-04-09 15:52:11 EDT
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Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2009-08-06 01:34:12 EDT

Description of problem:
Calling do_nanosleep() with clockid CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW can cause a NULL pointer dereference. Appears to be introduced after commit 2d42244a (v2.6.28-rc1).

Upstream commit:
http://git.kernel.org/linus/70d715fd0597f18528f389b5ac59102263067744

Reproducer/backtrace:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/4/28

References:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/2/331
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/4/40

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2009-08-15 10:02:57 EDT

kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2009-08-15 10:08:36 EDT

kernel-2.6.30.5-28.rc2.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.30.5-28.rc2.fc11

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2009-08-17 18:00:28 EDT

kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2009-08-19 05:09:55 EDT

kernel-2.6.30.5-32.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.30.5-32.fc11

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2009-08-20 08:52:26 EDT

kernel-2.6.27.30-170.2.82.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.27.30-170.2.82.fc10

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