CVE-2005-1369

Linux Kernel < 2.6.11.8 and 2.6.12-rc2 - Denial of Service via it87 and via686a I2C Driver Alarms File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The (1) it87 and (2) via686a drivers in I2C for Linux 2.6.x before 2.6.11.8, and 2.6.12 before 2.6.12-rc2, create the sysfs "alarms" file with write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by attempting to write to the file, which does not have an associated store function.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/20/159
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 30.5%

Details

Status published
Products (14)
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.0
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.2
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.3
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.4
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.5
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.6
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.7
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.8
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.8.1
... and 4 more
Published May 02, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026