fkie_cve-2007-5908
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2007-11-09 19:46
Modified
2023-11-07 02:01
Severity ?
Summary
Rejected reason: Buffer overflow in the (1) sysfs_show_available_clocksources and (2) sysfs_show_current_clocksources functions in Linux kernel 2.6.23 and earlier might allow local users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted clock source names. NOTE: follow-on analysis by Linux developers states that "There is no way for unprivileged users (or really even the root user) to add new clocksources.
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Rejected reason: Buffer overflow in the (1) sysfs_show_available_clocksources and (2) sysfs_show_current_clocksources functions in Linux kernel 2.6.23 and earlier might allow local users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted clock source names.  NOTE: follow-on analysis by Linux developers states that \"There is no way for unprivileged users (or really even the root user) to add new clocksources."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2007-5908",
  "lastModified": "2023-11-07T02:01:24.240",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2007-11-09T19:46:00.000",
  "references": [],
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Rejected"
}


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