CVE-2007-5908
Published Nov 9, 2007
Last updated a year ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Rejected
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