CVE-2008-5702

Impact

Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT IOCTL call.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11399
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c2500f17d65092d93345f3996cf82ebca17e9ff
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/5/173
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/10/2
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/20
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/6
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/9
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33556
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47667
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11344
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
• http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11399
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c2500f17d65092d93345f3996cf82ebca17e9ff