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List:       oss-security
Subject:    Re: [oss-security] CVE request: kernel: ext4: init timer earlier
From:       Eugene Teo <eugene () redhat ! com>
Date:       2011-06-24 4:25:39
Message-ID: 4E0411C3.4040905 () redhat ! com
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On 06/24/2011 05:38 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
> This came to our attention:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=0449641130f5
> by way of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/801087 and
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32082
> 
> "During mount, when we fail to open journal inode or root inode, the
> __save_error_info will mod_timer. But actually s_err_report isn't
> initialized yet and the kernel oops."

Please use this CVE-2011-2493.

Thanks, Eugene
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