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Re: md raid null ptr dereference (when sysfs is writable)
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley () linus mitre org>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:48:54 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Marcus Meissner wrote:
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-md-driver-null-pointer-dereference/
====================================================== Name: CVE-2009-2849 Status: Candidate URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2849 Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20090724 md raid null ptr dereference (when sysfs is writable) Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/24/1 Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20090726 Re: md raid null ptr dereference (when sysfs is writable) Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/26/1 Reference: MISC:http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-md-driver-null-pointer-dereference/ Reference: CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.30.y.git;a=commit;h=3c92900d9a4afb176d3de335dc0da0198660a244 Reference: CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.2 The md driver (drivers/md/md.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30.2 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors related to "suspend_* sysfs attributes" and the (1) suspend_lo_store or (2) suspend_hi_store functions. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when sysfs is writable by an attacker.
Current thread:
- md raid null ptr dereference (when sysfs is writable) Marcus Meissner (Jul 24)
- Re: md raid null ptr dereference (when sysfs is writable) Eugene Teo (Jul 25)
- Re: md raid null ptr dereference (when sysfs is writable) Steven M. Christey (Aug 18)