Bug 257014 (CVE-2009-0322)

Summary:	Kernel: <2.6.28.2 dell_rbu: use scnprintf() instead of less secure sprintf() (CVE-2009-0322)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Stefan Behte (RETIRED) <craig>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
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=81156928f8fe31621e467490b9d441c0285998c3
Whiteboard:	[linux <2.6.27.13] [linux >=2.6.28 <2.6.28.2] [gp < 2.6.27-11] [gp >= 2.6.28-1 < 2.6.28-3]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-01-30 22:58:20 UTC

CVE-2009-0322 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0322):
  drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.13, and
  2.6.28.x before 2.6.28.2, allows local users to cause a denial of
  service (system crash) via a read system call that specifies zero
  bytes from the (1) image_type or (2) packet_size file in
  /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/.

Comment 1 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-01-30 23:42:34 UTC

dell_rbu.c ?