CVE-2005-1369
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Summary
The (1) it87 and (2) via686a drivers in I2C for Linux 2.6.x before 2.6.11.8, and 2.6.12 before 2.6.12-rc2, create the sysfs "alarms" file with write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by attempting to write to the file, which does not have an associated store function.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/20/159
References
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/20/159
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