CVE - CVE-2009-1914

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-1914	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:35415 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35415 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=192d7a4667c6d11d1a174ec4cad9a3c5d5f9043c CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.29 DEBIAN:DSA-1844 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844 MLIST:[oss-security] 20090603 CVE request: kernel: sparc64: Fix crash with /proc/iomem URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/03/3 OSVDB:54908 URL:http://osvdb.org/54908 SECUNIA:35656 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35656 SECUNIA:36051 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36051 UBUNTU:USN-793-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-793-1 XF:kernel-pciregister-dos(51196) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51196
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20090604	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090604)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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