CVE-2009-2649

The IATA ata driver in FreeBSD 6.0 and 8.0, when read access to /dev is available, allows local users to cause a denial of service kernel panic via a certain IOCTL request with a large count, which triggers a malloc call with a large value...

CVE-2009-2649

CVE-2009-2649 affects the FreeBSD IATA (ATA) driver on FreeBSD 6.0 and 8.0. If an attacker has read access to /dev, a crafted IOCTL request with a large count can trigger a malloc call with a large value, causing a local denial-of-service (kernel panic). The exploit requires local access and is d...