CVE-2012-0879
First published: Thu Feb 23 2012(Updated: )
The I/O implementation for block devices in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not properly handle the CLONE_IO feature, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (I/O instability) by starting multiple processes that share an I/O context.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | <2.6.33 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =10.04 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =6.0 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =11-sp1 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =11-sp2 | |
| Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension | =11-sp1 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =11-sp1 | |
| Oracle Java SE | =11-sp1 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =11-sp2 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/922519
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796829
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.33
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00013.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0481.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48545
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48842
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2469
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027086
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1408-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1410-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1411-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/61cc74fbb87af6aa551a06a370590c9bc07e29d9
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b69f2292063d2caf37ca9aec7d63ded203701bf3
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