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Linux Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22279
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Release Date:
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2006-10-06
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Popularity:
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8,357 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Linux Kernel 2.6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3741
CVE-2006-4997
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users and malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
1) The "sys_perfmon()" function on Itanium (IA64) systems does not correctly handle file descriptor reference counts, which can be exploited to cause a DoS by consuming all available file descriptors.
2) The "clip_mkip()" function in net/atm/clip.c may dereference a previously freed pointer when processing received data, which can be exploited to cause a kernel panic.
Solution:
Update to version 2.6.18.
Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Reported by the vendor.
2) ADLab, Venustech info Ltd CHINA.
Original Advisory:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/ke...44d00762703e1b6146fce12ce2684885f8bf6
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/ke...6109a9dfd9327fdbe630fc819e1b7450986b2
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