CVE-2006-4538 Information

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed ELF file that triggers memory maps that cross region boundaries.

Reference

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.11 http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/4/116 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html http://secunia.com/advisories/21967 http://secunia.com/advisories/21999 http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 http://secunia.com/advisories/23395 http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 http://secunia.com/advisories/24482 http://secunia.com/advisories/27913 http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git;a=commit;h=8833ebaa3f4325820fe3338ccf6fae04f6669254 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19702 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-347-1 http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3670 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10301