CVE-2006-1055 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://lwn.net/Alerts/180820/ http://secunia.com/advisories/19495 http://secunia.com/advisories/19735 http://secunia.com/advisories/19955 http://secunia.com/advisories/20398 http://secunia.com/advisories/20716 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6e0dd741a89be35defa05bd79f4211c5a2762825 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=6e0dd741a89be35defa05bd79f4211c5a2762825;hp=597a7679dd83691be2f3a53e1f3f915b4a7f6eba http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html http://www.osvdb.org/24443 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17402 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0020 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1273 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1475 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25693 https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/