Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might allow local users…

Description

Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT IOCTL call.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.49% · top 58% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-119

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (23)

• 35390 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20081217 Re: CVE request: kernel: watchdog: ib700wdt.c - buffer_underflow bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20081216 Re: CVE request: kernel: watchdog: ib700wdt.c - buffer_underflow bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 33706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11344 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 33756 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20081005 [PATCH 04/19] ib700wdt: Fix off by one (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• DSA-1794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 35011 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• linux-kernel-ibwdtioctl-unknown(47667) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 33556 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11399 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c2500f17d65092d93345f3996cf82ebca17e9ff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 34981 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-714-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• DSA-1787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• USN-715-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20081217 Re: CVE request: kernel: watchdog: ib700wdt.c - buffer_underflow bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20081210 CVE request: kernel: watchdog: ib700wdt.c - buffer_underflow bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 11:04 UTC.