Missing release of memory after effective lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2004-2660
Published: December 31, 2004 / Updated: October 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95477
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2004-2660
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 a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Memory leak in direct-io.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain O_DIRECT (direct IO) write requests. This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: Linux, Linux kernel, 2.6.10
How to mitigate CVE-2004-2660
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@4182a613oVsK0-8eCWpyYFrUf8rhLA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21605
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22174
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.10
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0617.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19665
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10165