ghsa-49f2-whh8-j6x3
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Published
2022-05-01 06:45
Modified
2022-05-01 06:45
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2006-1055"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2006-04-05T17:04:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-49f2-whh8-j6x3",
  "modified": "2022-05-01T06:45:34Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T06:45:34Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1055"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25693"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lwn.net/Alerts/180820"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/19495"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/19735"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/19955"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20398"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20716"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6e0dd741a89be35defa05bd79f4211c5a2762825"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=6e0dd741a89be35defa05bd79f4211c5a2762825;hp=597a7679dd83691be2f3a53e1f3f915b4a7f6eba"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/24443"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17402"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0020"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1273"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1475"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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