Olof Johansson

**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions** Linux kernel versions 2.4.x through 2.4.33.0 Linux kernel versions 2.6.x through 2.6.17.8 **Description** The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash. This is related to the HID0 attention enable on PPC970 systems at boot time. **Recommendations** For Linux kernel versions 2.4.x through 2.4.33.0, update to version 2.4.33.1 or later. For Linux kernel versions 2.6.x through 2.6.17.8, update to version 2.6.17.9 or later.