Bug 518132 (CVE-2009-2849) - CVE-2009-2849 kernel: md: NULL pointer deref when accessing suspend_* sysfs attributes
Summary: CVE-2009-2849 kernel: md: NULL pointer deref when accessing suspend_* sysfs a...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2009-2849
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 518134 518135 518136
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-08-19 04:43 UTC by Eugene Teo (Security Response)
Modified: 2021-11-12 19:59 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-03-28 08:45:14 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:1455 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: kernel security and bug fix update 2009-09-29 19:33:31 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:1540 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2009-11-03 18:21:07 UTC

Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2009-08-19 04:43:33 UTC 
Description of problem:
It is possible to modify one of the md/ sysfs files - suspend_lo or suspend_hi when the array is not active. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when sysfs files are writable by an attacker. It is not writable by default.

This was introduced in commit e464eafd (v2.6.17-rc1).

Upstream commit:
http://git.kernel.org/linus/b8d966efd9a46a9a35beac50cbff6e30565125ef
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2009-08-26 05:12:13 UTC 
kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2009-08-27 02:19:01 UTC 
kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2009-09-29 19:33:35 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2009:1455 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1455.html
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2009-11-03 18:21:32 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  MRG for RHEL-5

Via RHSA-2009:1540 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html
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