Bug 377591 (CVE-2007-5908) - CVE-2007-5908 Buffer overflow in the (1) sysfs_show_available_clocksources and (2) sysfs_show_current_clocksources functions in Linux kernel
Summary: CVE-2007-5908 Buffer overflow in the (1) sysfs_show_available_clocksources an...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2007-5908
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dave Jones
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Depends On: 378351 378361
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-11-12 11:31 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2022-04-20 13:00 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2008-03-12 10:28:10 UTC
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2007-11-12 11:31:29 UTC 
Description of problem:

Buffer overflow in the (1) sysfs_show_available_clocksources and (2)
sysfs_show_current_clocksources functions in Linux kernel 2.6.23 and
earlier might allow local users to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code via crafted clock source names. (CVE-2007-5908).

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http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119451922608530&w=2
Comment 3 Chuck Ebbert 2007-11-12 20:56:51 UTC 
This does not look like it can actually happen. The list of available
clocksources is very short and they all have short names.
Comment 4 Eric Sandeen 2007-11-30 05:31:21 UTC 
So far looks like nothing committed upstream on this one, either.
Comment 5 Jan Lieskovsky 2007-11-30 13:20:05 UTC 
Re: c#3: Chuck so this means, you don't want to fix this one?
Comment 6 Jan Lieskovsky 2007-11-30 13:21:02 UTC 
Re: c#4: Eric, maybe you could initiate the commit to RH kernel mailing list?
Comment 7 Jan Lieskovsky 2008-03-12 10:28:10 UTC 
Based on c#3 and further investigation closing this one as WONTFIX.
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