| Revision Date: | 2013-04-29 | Version: | 11 | | Title: | 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. | | Description: | 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. | | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | ACCEPTED | Reference(s): | CVE-2006-5174
| | Platform(s): | CentOS Linux 3
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | OS Section: RHEL3, CentOS3 RHEL3 or CentOS3
The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
OR CentOS Linux 3.x
AND Configuration section
kernel-BOOT is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.0.1.EL
OR kernel-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.0.1.EL
OR kernel-smp-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.0.1.EL
OR kernel-hugemem-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.0.1.EL
OR kernel-hugemem is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.0.1.EL
OR kernel is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.0.1.EL
OR kernel-source is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.0.1.EL
OR kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.0.1.EL
OR kernel-smp is earlier than 0:2.4.21-47.0.1.EL
OR OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4
RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4
The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
OR CentOS Linux 4.x
OR Oracle Linux 4.x
AND Configuration section
kernel-hugemem is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
OR kernel-hugemem-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
OR kernel-smp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
OR kernel-largesmp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
OR kernel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
OR kernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
OR kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
OR kernel-largesmp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
OR kernel-smp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
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