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USN-614-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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USN-614-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/29/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

The chrp_show_cpuinfo function (chrp/setup.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.21 through 2.6.18-53, when running on PowerPC, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that cause the of_get_property function to fail, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-386
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-hppa32
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-hppa64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-itanium
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-lpia
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-lpiacompat
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-mckinley
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-openvz
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-powerpc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-rt
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-server
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-sparc64
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-sparc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-2-6-24-18-xen

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