CVE-2006-5754 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2006-5754
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Description: The aio_setup_ring function in Linux kernel does not properly initialize a variable, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an unspecified error path that causes an incorrect free operation.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html SAID Secunia Advisory: SA23997 Secunia Advisory: SA24206 Secunia Advisory: SA25683 Secunia Advisory: SA25714 REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html MANDRIVA http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025 DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304 CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm BID 22193

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