First published: Wed Jan 28 2009(Updated: )
drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.13, and 2.6.28.x before 2.6.28.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a read system call that specifies zero bytes from the (1) image_type or (2) packet_size file in /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Linux Linux kernel | <2.6.27.13 | |
Linux Linux kernel | >=2.6.28<2.6.28.2 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =5.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =4.0 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =7.10 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.10 |
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