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CVE-2009-1914

Published: 4 June 2009

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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
linux-source-2.6.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (2.6.29)
dapper Not vulnerable

hardy Does not exist

intrepid Does not exist

jaunty Does not exist

linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (2.6.29)
dapper Does not exist

hardy
Released (2.6.24-24.55)
intrepid
Released (2.6.27-14.35)
jaunty
Released (2.6.28-13.45)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=192d7a4667c6d11d1a174ec4cad9a3c5d5f9043c