CVE-2008-5702: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT IOCTL call.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.28; version 2.2.27 only; version 2.4.36 only; version 2.4.36.1 only; version 2.4.36.2 only; version 2.4.36.3 only; …

Published 2008-12-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.