Bug 101439

Summary:	Local DoS through large offsets in sysfs files
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) <koon>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	minor	CC:	security-kernel
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-08-05 06:42:02 UTC

In SuSE latest kernel advisory :

- local users could crash the kernel by reading from large
  offsets in sysfs files

No CAN number assigned.

Comment 1 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-08-15 14:49:59 UTC

>  SUSE Linux 9.2 is affected.

9.2 is based on 2.6.8; we don't have anything that old in the tree so closing bug.