SB20170807114 - Memory corruption in Linux kernel ia64 kernel
Published: August 7, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB20170807114
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2006-3635)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption error within the at() function in arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.s, within the end() function in arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.s. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://ftp.naist.jp/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4dcc29e1574d88f4465ba865ed82800032f76418
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=199440
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4dcc29e1574d88f4465ba865ed82800032f76418