[kernel-sec-discuss] r718 - active

[Dann Frazier]

Author: dannf
Date: 2007-03-20 07:10:56 +0000 (Tue, 20 Mar 2007)
New Revision: 718

Modified:
   active/CVE-2006-5754
Log:
flesh out and update debian & upstream status

Modified: active/CVE-2006-5754
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--- active/CVE-2006-5754	2007-03-20 04:44:33 UTC (rev 717)
+++ active/CVE-2006-5754	2007-03-20 07:10:56 UTC (rev 718)
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 Candidate: CVE-2006-5754
 References: 
-Description: kernel panic in aio_free_ring()
+ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220971
+Description: 
+ The aio_setup_ring function in Linux kernel does not properly initialize a
+ variable, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via
+ an unspecified error path that causes an incorrect free operation.
 Ubuntu-Description: 
 Notes: 
  jmm> 3e45a10919b3bc290147d81a4eb0117f019ba16a
+ dannf> From the description, I'm assuming this is the fix:
+   http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/?PAGE=cset&REV=418e67e3jfC3msWLXzcdTkI10dwtEg
+   'aio: remove incorrect initialization of "nr_pages"'
 Bugs: 
-upstream: 
-linux-2.6: 
-2.6.18-etch-security: 
-2.6.8-sarge-security: 
-2.4.27-sarge-security: 
+upstream: released (2.6.10-rc2)
+linux-2.6: released (2.6.10-1)
+2.6.18-etch-security: N/A
+2.6.8-sarge-security: pending (2.6.8-16sarge7) [aio-fix-nr_pages-init.dpatch]
+2.4.27-sarge-security: N/A
 2.6.12-breezy-security: 
 2.6.15-dapper-security: 
 2.6.17-edgy-security: