{"id":"CVE-2007-5908","state":"REJECTED","title":"Buffer overflow in the (1) sysfs_show_available_clocksources and (2) sysfs_show_current_clocksources functions in Linux kernel 2.6.23 and earlier might allow local users to cause a","description":"Buffer overflow in the (1) sysfs_show_available_clocksources and (2) sysfs_show_current_clocksources functions in Linux kernel 2.6.23 and earlier might allow local users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted clock source names.  NOTE: follow-on analysis by Linux developers states that \"There is no way for unprivileged users (or really even the root user) to add new clocksources.","publishedAt":"2007-11-09T19:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2007-11-28T10:00:00.000Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":[],"affected":[],"references":[],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:38:39.352Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2007/5xxx/CVE-2007-5908.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.0","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2007-5908","state":"REJECTED","datePublished":"2007-11-09T19:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2007-11-28T10:00:00.000Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateRejected":"2007-11-28T10:00:00.000Z","dateReserved":"2007-11-09T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"rejectedReasons":[{"lang":"en","value":"Buffer overflow in the (1) sysfs_show_available_clocksources and (2) sysfs_show_current_clocksources functions in Linux kernel 2.6.23 and earlier might allow local users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted clock source names.  NOTE: follow-on analysis by Linux developers states that \"There is no way for unprivileged users (or really even the root user) to add new clocksources."}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2007-11-28T10:00:00.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"}}}}}