Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24957Denial Of Service (DoS)
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). Numerous reference count leaks were found in the Linux kernelβs block layer I/O context handling implementation. This could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service.
References
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html
marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
secunia.com/advisories/48545
secunia.com/advisories/48842
www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/5
www.securitytracker.com/id?1027086
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1408-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1410-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1411-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0481
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796829
docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.2_Technical_Notes/kernel.html#RHSA-2012-0481
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
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