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Linux Kernel Information Disclosure and Denial of Service

Secunia Advisory:

SA18487

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Release Date:

2006-01-17

Last Update:

2006-01-31

Popularity:

10,981 views

Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

Exposure of sensitive information
DoS

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Linux Kernel 2.6.x

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Solution:
Update to version 2.6.15.2.
http://kernel.org/

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Stefan Rompf
2) Doug Chapman

Changelog:
2006-01-31: Updated "Description", "Solution" and credit sections. Added link to "Original Advisory".

Original Advisory:
Kernel.org:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.15-git12.log
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.16-rc1
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/ke...520a339d62f942085e9888f66905eb8b350bd
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113640535312572
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15.2
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/ke...dce9209161eb260cdf9e9172f72c3a02379e6

Red Hat Bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169130

Change Page:
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