CVE-2006-1860 Information

Description

lease_init in fs/locks.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (fcntl_setlease lockup) via actions that cause lease_init to free a lock that might not have been allocated on the stack.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/20083 http://secunia.com/advisories/20716 http://secunia.com/advisories/21045 http://secunia.com/advisories/21179 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=blobdiff;h=aa7f66091823dde953e15895dc427615701c39c7;hp=e75ac392a313f3fad823bf2e46a03f29701e3e34;hb=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618;f=fs/locks.c http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=commit;h=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.16 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html http://www.osvdb.org/25425 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17943 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0028 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1767 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26437