[kernel] r6743 - patch-tracking
Dann Frazier
dannf at costa.debian.org
Mon May 29 02:01:37 UTC 2006
Author: dannf
Date: Mon May 29 02:01:36 2006
New Revision: 6743
Modified:
patch-tracking/CVE-2006-0742
Log:
add description & note forward to upstream
Modified: patch-tracking/CVE-2006-0742
==============================================================================
--- patch-tracking/CVE-2006-0742 (original)
+++ patch-tracking/CVE-2006-0742 Mon May 29 02:01:36 2006
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
References:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=e963701a761aede31c9c1bfc74cf8e0ec671f0f4;hp=eb0911e27e8c6778d6c8ec95b7dd60c002d923c3
Description:
- ia64 specific local dos
+ The die_if_kernel function in arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c in Linux kernel
+ 2.6.x before 2.6.15.6, possibly when compiled with certain versions of gcc,
+ has the "noreturn" attribute set, which allows local users to cause a denial
+ of service by causing user faults on Itanium systems.
Notes:
+ dannf> Forwarded to Bjorn for 2.4-ia64 inclusion
Bugs:
upstream: released (2.6.15.6)
linux-2.6: released (2.6.15-8)
2.6.8-sarge-security: pending (2.6.8-16sarge3)
-2.4.27-sarge-security:
+2.4.27-sarge-security: pending (2.4.27-10sarge3)
2.4.27:
2.4.19-woody-security:
2.4.18-woody-security:
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