Linux Kernel 2.6.x (Sparc64) - '/proc/iomem' Local Denial of Service

Author: Mikulas Patocka
type: dos
platform: linux
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date_added: 2009-05-03 
date_updated: 2017-04-21 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2009-1914;OSVDB-54908 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35415/info

The Linux kernel is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability that attackers can exploit to cause an affected computer to crash.

This issue affects the Linux kernel 2.6.22-rc1 through 2.6.29 on the sparc64 architecture.

The following example command is available:

cat /proc/iomem