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Re: CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: validate map_count in mac partition tables
From: Greg KH <greg () kroah com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:47:12 -0800
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 03:44:29PM -0500, Josh Bressers wrote:
----- Original Message -----Reported by Timo Warns, "Validate number of blocks in map and remove redundant variable." http://git.kernel.org/linus/fa7ea87a057958a8b7926c1a60a3ca6d696328ed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679282I don't understand the security implication of this bug. Can you explain it?
Incorrectly formed mac partition tables could cause bad things to happen when it was automatically scanned after plugging in a device with this type of partition table on it. Hope this helps, greg k-h
Current thread:
- CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: validate map_count in mac partition tables Eugene Teo (Feb 21)
- Re: CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: validate map_count in mac partition tables Josh Bressers (Feb 22)
- Re: CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: validate map_count in mac partition tables Greg KH (Feb 22)
- Re: CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: validate map_count in mac partition tables Josh Bressers (Feb 22)
- Re: CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: validate map_count in mac partition tables Greg KH (Feb 22)
- Re: CVE request: kernel: fs/partitions: validate map_count in mac partition tables Josh Bressers (Feb 22)