Re: md raid null ptr dereference (when sysfs is writable)

["Steven M. Christey" <coley () linus mitre org>]

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Marcus Meissner wrote:

> http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-md-driver-null-pointer-dereference/

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Name: CVE-2009-2849
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2849
Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20090724 md raid null ptr dereference (when sysfs is writable)
Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/24/1
Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20090726 Re: md raid null ptr dereference (when sysfs is writable)
Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/26/1
Reference: MISC:http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/linux-kernel-md-driver-null-pointer-dereference/
Reference: 
CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.30.y.git;a=commit;h=3c92900d9a4afb176d3de335dc0da0198660a244
Reference: CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.30.2

The md driver (drivers/md/md.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30.2
might allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer
dereference) via vectors related to "suspend_* sysfs attributes" and
the (1) suspend_lo_store or (2) suspend_hi_store functions.  NOTE: this
is only a vulnerability when sysfs is writable by an attacker.