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Linux Kernel SYSFS Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19495
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Release Date:
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2006-04-07
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Last Update:
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2006-04-10
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Popularity:
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14,647 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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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-2006-1055
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an out-of-bounds memory error in the "fill_write_buffer()" function in sysfs/file.c when writing exactly PAGE_SIZE amount of data with no zeroes in it to a sysfs file.
Solution:
Update to version 2.6.16.2.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Al Viro
Changelog:
2006-04-10: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.2
http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/kernel/pat...-2006-1055?op=file&rev=0&sc=0
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