Missing release of memory after effective lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-1859
Published: May 12, 2006 / Updated: July 20, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95463
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1859
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.
Memory leak in __setlease in fs/locks.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified actions related to an 'uninitialised return value,' aka 'slab leak.'
How to mitigate CVE-2006-1859
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20083
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20716
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21045
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21179
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=blobdiff;h=aa7f66091823dde953e15895dc427615701c39c7;hp=e75ac392a313f3fad823bf2e46a03f29701e3e34;hb=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618;f=fs/locks.c
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git;a=commit;h=1f0e637c94a9b041833947c79110d6c02fff8618
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18033
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0028
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1767
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26438