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List:       oss-security
Subject:    Re: [oss-security] CVE request: kernel: cifs: cifs_create() NULL
From:       Eugene Teo <eugene () redhat ! com>
Date:       2010-05-19 1:10:13
Message-ID: 4BF33A75.9040203 () redhat ! com
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>>> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems.cifs/5782
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/579445
>>
>> The code that introduced this is upstream commit c3b2a0c6. Any
>> kernel version from v2.6.29-rc6 onwards are affected.
>
> Am I correct in that I do not see a fix for this in the upstream kernel
> repository yet?

Yes. IIRC, the developers don't think this is exploitable. I didn't look 
at this further as it has a lower priority for me and our supported 
kernels are not affected.

Eugene
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