Re: kernel: [PARISC] led.c - fix potential stack overflow in led_proc_write()

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm () inutil org>]

On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 11:46:58AM +0800, Eugene Teo wrote:
> Ilja reported way back in Nov 2007. A writer to /proc/pdc/led(?) can
> cause the kernel to consume an unbounded amount of stack, and result
> in stack corruption.
>
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-parisc/msg02960.html
>
> If you need a CVE name, change the subject to indicate that. We are
> not requesting one as we do not support the PA-RISC architecture in
> our distribution.

Debian supports hppa. 

Steven, please assign a CVE ID.

Cheers,
        Moritz