CVE-2005-1369

Linux <2.6.11.8-2.6.12-rc2 - DoS

Title source: llm

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)

[Patch] http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.8

[Various Sources] http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/20/159

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 15.1%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (17)

linux/linux_kernel

... and 2 more

Timeline

Published May 02, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026