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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 01:12:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: cve-assign@...re.org
To: meissner@...e.de
Cc: cve-assign@...re.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE Request: Linux Kernel unbound recursion in ISOFS

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> https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=88

> - recurse.iso: crashes / reboots a kernel due to kernel stack overflow / corruption.

Use CVE-2014-5471.


> - deadlock.iso: causes a deadlock in the mount process in "inode_wait"

Use CVE-2014-5472.


> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/410dd3cf4c9b36f27ed4542ee18b1af5e68645a4

> We did not check relocated directory in any way when processing Rock
> Ridge 'CL' tag.

There are the two CVE IDs above, instead of one CVE ID for "did not
check ... in any way."

CVE-2014-5471 is about the need for code to prevent unchecked
recursion (CWE-674), whereas CVE-2014-5472 is not about CWE-674. On
some systems, CVE-2014-5472 might have only a minor security impact by
enabling a user to start an unkillable process (i.e., it would be
minor if there were a low limit on the number of processes the user is
allowed to start).

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