Description
Memory leak in direct-io.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain O_DIRECT (direct IO) write requests.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10165 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0617.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21605 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22174 ↗
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%404182a613oVsK0-8eCWpyYFrUf8rhLA ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.10 ↗
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19665 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22093 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184 ↗