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Linux Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA22279
Release Date: 2006-10-06
Popularity: 10,081 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Linux Kernel 2.6.x

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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.

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