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CVE-2006-1055

Published: Apr 5, 2006

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vdb-entry

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third-party-advisory

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third-party-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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FEDORA-2006-423

vendor-advisory

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third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

SUSE-SA:2006:028

vendor-advisory

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third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e0dd741a89be35defa05bd79f4211c5a2762825

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third-party-advisory

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vdb-entry

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vendor-advisory

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linux-fillwritebuffer-dos(25693)

vdb-entry

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http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6e0dd741a89be35defa05bd79f4211c5a2762825%3Bhp=597a7679dd83691be2f3a53e1f3f915b4a7f6eba

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