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.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References

• 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%3…
• 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