Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24872Denial Of Service (DoS)
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s clock implementation on 32-bit, SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) systems. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a divide error fault, resulting in a denial of service.
References
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f8bd2258e2d520dff28c855658bd24bdafb5102d
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f8bd2258e2d520dff28c855658bd24bdafb5102d
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/24/3
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1418
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732878
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f8bd2258e2d520dff28c855658bd24bdafb5102d
Related
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C