CVE-2005-3055 Information

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.8 to 2.6.14-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPS) via a userspace process that issues a USB Request Block (URB) to a USB device and terminates before the URB is finished which leads to a stale pointer reference.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112766129313883 http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 http://secunia.com/advisories/17917 http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 http://secunia.com/advisories/21035 http://secunia.com/advisories/21136 http://secunia.com/advisories/21465 http://secunia.com/advisories/21983 http://secunia.com/advisories/22417 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-180.htm http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0437.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0579.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0580.html http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14955 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1863 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9472 https://usn.ubuntu.com/219-1/