CVE-2009-1914

Published: June 4, 2009Last modified: November 10, 2023

Description

The pci_register_iommu_region function in arch/sparc/kernel/pci_common.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 on the sparc64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by reading the /proc/iomem file, related to uninitialized pointers and the request_resource function.

Status

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=192d7a4667c6d11d1a174ec4cad9a3c5d5f9043c
• http://osvdb.org/54908
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35656
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36051
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/03/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35415
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51196