Re: CVE request: kernel: xfs heap overflow

[Kurt Seifried <kseifried () redhat com>]

On 01/10/2012 02:19 PM, Kurt Seifried wrote:
> On 01/10/2012 11:57 AM, Xi Wang wrote:
> > Commit ef14f0c1578dce4b688726eb2603e50b62d6665a introduced an integer
> > overflow in the ACL handling code, which could further lead to
> > heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted filesystem.
> >
> > Upstream commits:
> > http://git.kernel.org/linus/fa8b18edd752a8b4e9d1ee2cd615b82c93cf8bba
> > http://git.kernel.org/linus/093019cf1b18dd31b2c3b77acce4e000e2cbc9ce
> >
> > Both commits are needed to fix the vulnerability.
> >
> > The vulnerability seems to first appear in 2.6.32-rc1.  3.2 contains
> > only the first commit.
> >
> > - xi
> Do you need a CVE for this?
I apologize, I'm still getting used to Thunderbird (Vince says I should
use mutt, I suspect he may be correct) which places the subject line
well above the message body so when I scan it I'm usually looking at the
To: and CC: line and not seeing the subject (as evidenced by me asking
stupid questions like this about once a day =).

Please use CVE-2012-0038 for this kernel issue.

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-- Kurt Seifried / Red Hat Security Response Team