PT-2005-2370 · Linux · I2C

Alexander Nyberg + 1 · Published 2005-05-02 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2005-1369

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: I2C for Linux versions 2.6.x before 2.6.11.8 I2C for Linux versions 2.6.12 before 2.6.12-rc2

Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by consuming CPU resources. This is achieved by attempting to write to the sysfs "alarms" file, which has write permissions but lacks an associated store function.

Recommendations: For I2C for Linux versions 2.6.x before 2.6.11.8, update to version 2.6.11.8 or later. For I2C for Linux versions 2.6.12 before 2.6.12-rc2, update to version 2.6.12-rc2 or later.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1369

Affected Products

I2C

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1369 · Security Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.8 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded · Vendor Advisory
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/20/159 · Note