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Re: CVE request: kernel: clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW NULL pointer dereference
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley () linus mitre org>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:20:38 -0400 (EDT)
====================================================== Name: CVE-2009-2767 Status: Candidate URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2767 Reference: MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20090804 Re: [PATCH] posix-timers: fix oops in clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW Reference: URL:http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/4/28 Reference: MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20090804 Re: [PATCH] posix-timers: fix oops in clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW Reference: URL:http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/4/40 Reference: CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=70d715fd0597f18528f389b5ac59102263067744 Reference: CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.31-rc6 Reference: SECUNIA:36200 Reference: URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36200 Reference: VUPEN:ADV-2009-2197 Reference: URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2197 Reference: XF:linux-kernel-clocknanosleep-priv-escalation(52317) Reference: URL:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/52317 The init_posix_timers function in kernel/posix-timers.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly gain privileges via a CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW clock_nanosleep call that triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Current thread:
- CVE request: kernel: clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW NULL pointer dereference Eugene Teo (Aug 05)
- Re: CVE request: kernel: clock_nanosleep() with CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW NULL pointer dereference Steven M. Christey (Aug 18)