CVE-2004-2660 Information

Description

Memory leak in direct-io.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain O_DIRECT (direct IO) write requests.

Reference

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@4182a613oVsK0-8eCWpyYFrUf8rhLA http://secunia.com/advisories/21605 http://secunia.com/advisories/22093 http://secunia.com/advisories/22174 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.10 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0617.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19665 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10165