The disconnect method in the Philips USB Webcam (pwc) driver in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.22.6 "relies on user space to close the device," which allows user-assisted local attackers to cause a denial of service (USB subsystem hang and CPU consumption in khubd) by not closing the device after the disconnect is invoked. NOTE: this rarely crosses privilege boundaries, unless the attacker can convince the victim to unplug the affected device.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-xenU-develUpgrade kernel-xenUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-xenUUpgrade kernel-smp-develUpgrade kernel-hugememUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-smpUpgrade kernel-docUpgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade kernel-PAE-develUpgrade kernel-PAEUpgrade kernel-hugemem-develUpgrade kernel-xen-devel | Dec 1, 2016 | Sep 26, 2007 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Oct 16, 2024 | Sep 26, 2007 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-powerpcUpgrade linux-image-2.6.17-12-hppa64Upgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-serverUpgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.17-12-sparc64Upgrade linux-image-2.6.17-12-genericUpgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-serverUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-sparc64Upgrade linux-image-2.6.17-12-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-amd64-xeonUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-amd64-serverUpgrade linux-image-2.6.17-12-sparc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.17-12-386Upgrade linux-image-2.6.17-12-itaniumUpgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-hppa64Upgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-k7Upgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.17-12-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.17-12-powerpcUpgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-lpiaUpgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-hppa64Upgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-xenUpgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-sparc64Upgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-mckinleyUpgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-hppa32-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-itaniumUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-amd64-k8Upgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-386Upgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-powerpcUpgrade linux-image-2.6.17-12-mckinleyUpgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-386Upgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-virtualUpgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-rtUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-hppa64Upgrade linux-image-2.6.17-12-hppa32Upgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-serverUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-mckinleyUpgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-genericUpgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-server-bigironUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-mckinley-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-server-bigironUpgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-itaniumUpgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-hppa32Upgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-powerpcUpgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-lpiacompatUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-hppa32Upgrade linux-image-2.6.17-12-serverUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-sparc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-686Upgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-sparc64Upgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-hppa64-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-genericUpgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-mckinleyUpgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-umeUpgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-hppa32Upgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-sparc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-cellUpgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-386Upgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-amd64-genericUpgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-itaniumUpgrade linux-image-2.6.22-14-sparc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.17-12-server-bigironUpgrade linux-image-2.6.20-16-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-itanium-smpUpgrade linux-image-2.6.15-51-powerpc-smp | Nov 8, 2024 | Sep 26, 2007 |
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