Candidate: CVE-2008-5702
Description:
 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.
References:
 http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/5/173
 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/10/2
 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/6
 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/9
 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/20
 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11399
 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=7c2500f17d65092d93345f3996cf82ebca17e9ff
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 dannf> Not an issue for Debian by default due to /dev/watchdog perms
Bugs:
upstream: released (2.6.27.9, 2.6.28-rc1) [7c2500f17d65092d93345f3996cf82ebca17e9ff]
linux-2.6: released (2.6.26-13) [bugfix/all/watchdog-ib700wdt-buffer_underflow.patch]
2.6.18-etch-security: released (2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch1) [bugfix/all/watchdog-ib700wdt-buffer_underflow.patch]
2.6.24-etch-security: released (2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.8etch1) [bugfix/all/watchdog-ib700wdt-buffer_underflow.patch]
2.6.26-lenny-security: released (2.6.26-13) [bugfix/all/watchdog-ib700wdt-buffer_underflow.patch]
2.6.15-dapper-security:
2.6.22-gutsy-security:
2.6.24-hardy-security:
2.6.27-intrepid-security: