Description
The file watch implementation in the audit subsystem (auditctl -w) in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 kernel 2.6.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by replacing a watched file, which does not cause the watch on the old inode to be dropped.
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://osvdb.org/33031 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9560 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24300 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0085.html ↗
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223129 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017705 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22737 ↗