EUVD-2007-5074

Malware in sbrugna...

kernel PWC driver DoS

The disconnect method in the Philips USB Webcam pwc driver in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.22.6 "relies on user space to close the device," which allows user-assisted local attackers to cause a denial of service USB subsystem hang and CPU consumption in khubd by not closing the device after the...