SB2005090601 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel 

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SB2005090601 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel

Published: September 6, 2005 Updated: August 2, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2005090601
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2005-2800)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.

Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References