CVE-2006-2936

The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.17, and possibly later versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued.

🔗 References (60)

• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/20703
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/21057
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/21298
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/21605
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/21614
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/21934
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/22093
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/22174
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/24547
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/25226
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/25683
• secalert@redhathttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm
• secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
• secalert@redhathttp://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git%3Ba=blob%3Bh=4b4d9cfea17618b80d3ac785b701faeaf60141f1%3Bhb=396eb2aac550ec55856c6843ef9017e800c3d656
• secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150