Description
fs/direct-io.c in the dio subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 does not properly zero out the dio struct, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS), as demonstrated by a certain fio test.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected products
- Canonical / Ubuntu Linux6.06 – 6.06
- Canonical / Ubuntu Linux7.10 – 7.10
- Canonical / Ubuntu Linux8.04 – 8.04
- debian / debian_linux4.0 – 4.0
- Linux / Linux kernel2.6.23
- Novell / linux_desktop9 – 9
- openSUSE / opensuse10.3 – 10.3
- SUSE / suse_linux_enterprise_desktop10 – 10
- SUSE / SUSE Linux Enterprise Server10 – 10
- SUSE / SUSE Linux Enterprise Server10 – 10
References
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32393
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32237
- MISChttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
- MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10053
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
- MISChttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=848c4dd5153c7a0de55470ce99a8e13a63b4703f
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
- MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/1
- MISChttp://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/30/448
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32103
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32356
- MISChttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32023
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32370
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461082
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32799
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31515
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