The (1) it87 and (2) via686a drivers in I2C for Linux 2.6.x before 2.6.11.8, and 2.6.12 before 2.6.12-rc2, create the sysfs "alarms" file with write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by attempting to write to the file, which does not have an associated store function.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T21:44:06.482Z
Reserved: 2005-05-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-1369
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-20T23:57:11.320
Link: CVE-2005-1369
Redhat
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