Bug 1000137 (CVE-2013-2894) - CVE-2013-2894 Kernel: HID: lenovo-tpkbd: heap overflow flaw
Summary: CVE-2013-2894 Kernel: HID: lenovo-tpkbd: heap overflow flaw
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2013-2894
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: Engineering1000140 Engineering1000141 Engineering1000142 1002579
Blocks: Embargoed1000129
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Reported: 2013-08-22 19:24 UTC by Prasad Pandit
Modified: 2021-02-17 07:23 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-10-21 09:56:38 UTC

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Description Prasad Pandit 2013-08-22 19:24:59 UTC 
Linux kernel built with the Human Interface Device support(CONFIG_HID), along
with the Lenovo ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint(CONFIG_HID_LENOVO_TPKBD)
driver is vulnerable to a heap overflow flaw. It could occur when an HID device
sends malicious output report to the kernel driver.

A local user with physical access to the system could use this flaw to crash
the kernel resulting in DoS or potential privilege escalation to gain root
access via arbitrary code execution.
Comment 1 Prasad Pandit 2013-08-22 19:30:14 UTC 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

Note: user would need physical access to a system to exploit this flaw.
Comment 5 Prasad Pandit 2013-08-29 13:22:25 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1002579]
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2013-09-13 01:04:54 UTC 
kernel-3.10.11-200.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2013-09-16 00:26:50 UTC 
kernel-3.10.11-100.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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