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CVE-2009-1914
Published: Jun 4, 2009
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The pci_register_iommu_region function in arch/sparc/kernel/pci_common.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 on the sparc64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by reading the /proc/iomem file, related to uninitialized pointers and the request_resource function.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
kernel-pciregister-dos(51196)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
35656
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
DSA-1844
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
54908
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
35415
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
36051
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
USN-793-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[oss-security] 20090603 CVE request: kernel: sparc64: Fix crash with /proc/iomem
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29
x_refsource_CONFIRM
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