CVE-2006-0456 Information

Description

The strnlen_user function in Linux kernel before 2.6.16 on IBM S/390 can return an incorrect value which allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/20914 http://secunia.com/advisories/21465 http://secunia.com/advisories/22417 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=331c46591414f7f92b1cec048009abe89892ee79 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=331c46591414f7f92b1cec048009abe89892ee79 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.16-rc6 http://www.mail-archive.com/kernel-svn-changes@lists.alioth.debian.org/msg01631.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18687 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9909