CVE-2006-0482 Information

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.15.1 and earlier when running on SPARC architectures allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via a \date -s\ command which causes invalid sign extended arguments to be provided to the get_compat_timespec function call.

Reference

http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2006/01/msg00129.html http://marc.info/?l=linux-sparc&m=113861010514065&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-sparc&m=113861287813463&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17216 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0418 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24475