Package: linux-2.6 Version: FILLINAFFECTEDVERSION Severity: important Tags: security , patch
Hi, the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was published for linux-2.6. CVE-2009-1914[0]: | The pci_register_iommu_region function in | arch/sparc/kernel/pci_common.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 on | the sparc64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service | (system crash) by reading the /proc/iomem file, related to | uninitialized pointers and the request_resource function. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE id in your changelog entry. Patches available [1]. For further information see: [0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1914 http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2009-1914 [1] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=192d7a4667c6d11d1a174ec4cad9a3c5d5f9043c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
