CVE-2006-5174 (GCVE-0-2006-5174)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-10-05 21:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:41
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The copy_from_user function in the uaccess code in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.19-rc1, when running on s390, does not properly clear a kernel buffer, which allows local user space programs to read portions of kernel memory by "appending to a file from a bad address," which triggers a fault that prevents the unused memory from being cleared in the kernel buffer.
References
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/5/46 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9885 vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29378 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20379 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3938 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017090 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/23064 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=52149ba6b0ddf3e9d965257cc0513193650b3ea8 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/22497 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/23395 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/22289 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
Impacted products
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