Description
The __block_prepare_write function in fs/buffer.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.13 does not properly clear buffers during certain error conditions, which allows local users to read portions of files that have been unlinked.
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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207463 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025 ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=152becd26e0563aefdbc4fd1fe491928efe92d1f ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11701 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012 ↗
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21522 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23752 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 ↗
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 ↗
- http://osvdb.org/31376 ↗