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Bug 252690 (CVE-2008-5702)

Summary: Linux <2.6.27.9 ib700wdt.c - fix buffer_underflow bug (CVE-2008-5702)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) <rbu>
Component: KernelAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE    
Severity: normal CC: hardened-kernel+disabled, kernel
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=7c2500f17d65092d93345f3996cf82ebca17e9ff
Whiteboard: [linux <2.6.27.9] [gp <2.6.27-8]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-12-27 13:59:03 UTC
CVE-2008-5702 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-5702):
  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.
Comment 1 Martini peres 2012-03-05 12:08:33 UTC
This comment has been removed because it contained spam. -- idl0r
Comment 2 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2016-06-06 11:14:42 UTC
None of these kernels have been in the tree for many years.