CVE-2006-1055

Published: April 5, 2006Last modified: November 10, 2023

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.

Status

References

• http://lwn.net/Alerts/180820/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19495
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19735
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19955
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
• http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e0dd741a89be35defa05bd79f4211c5a2762825
• http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6e0dd741a89be35defa05bd79f4211c5a2762825%3Bhp=597a7679dd83691be2f3a53e1f3f915b4a7f6eba
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/24443
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17402
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0020
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1273
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1475
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25693
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/