SB2024080243 - Improper locking in Linux kernel
Published: August 2, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024080243
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2006-5158)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The nlmclnt_mark_reclaim in clntlock.c in NFS lockd in Linux kernel before 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) and deny access to NFS exports via unspecified vectors that trigger a kernel oops (null dereference) and a deadlock.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_57_kernel.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23361
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23384
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23752
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21581
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26289
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113476665626446&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113494474208973&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10128
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9b5b1f5bf9dcdb6f23abf65977a675eb4deba3c0