Description
The fill_write_buffer function in sysfs/file.c in Linux kernel 2.6.12 up to versions before 2.6.17-rc1 does not zero terminate a buffer when a length of PAGE_SIZE or more is requested, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing an out-of-bounds read.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17402 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19735 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20716 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/ ↗
- http://lwn.net/Alerts/180820/ ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19495 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1 ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19955 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1475 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1273 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e0dd741a89be35defa05bd79f4211c5a2762825 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20398 ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/24443 ↗
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0020 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25693 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6e0dd741a89be35defa05bd79f4211c5a2762825%3Bhp=597a7679dd83691be2f3a53e1f3f915b4a7f6eba ↗