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List:       oss-security
Subject:    Re: [oss-security] CVE request -- Linux kernel irda driver buffer
From:       Miklos Vajna <vmiklos () frugalware ! org>
Date:       2009-01-27 8:41:47
Message-ID: 20090127084147.GS21473 () genesis ! frugalware ! org
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On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 07:46:27AM +0000, Mark J Cox <mjc@redhat.com> wrote:
> This doesn't seem to have any security implications; it's a single null 
> byte overflow that happens all the time (not under control of an 
> attacker), and from looking at the function that null byte isn't going to 
> overwrite anything that would lead to a security consequence.
> 
> So it looks to me like a bug, no CVE.

Hrm, OK.

Thanks for the correction.

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