ID:10062 - Exploit for Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2009-1046

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Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The console selection feature in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.4, 2.6.25, and possibly earlier versions, when the UTF-8 console is used, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by selecting a small number of 3-byte UTF-8 characters, which triggers an 'off-by-two memory error.' NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

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