CVE-2006-5174

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2006-09-28
Bugzilla:
1618209: CVE-2006-5174 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The copy_from_user function in the uaccess code in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.19-rc1, when running on s390, does not properly clear a kernel buffer, which allows local user space programs to read portions of kernel memory by "appending to a file from a bad address," which triggers a fault that prevents the unused memory from being cleared in the kernel buffer.

Find out more about CVE-2006-5174 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (kernel) RHSA-2006:0710 2006-10-20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (kernel) RHSA-2007:0014 2007-01-30

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