The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.17, and possibly later versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued.
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2936 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10265 cve-icon cve-icon
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2006-07-10T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:06:27.205Z

Reserved: 2006-06-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-2936

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-07-10T19:05:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:12:26.520

Link: CVE-2006-2936

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2006-06-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-2936 - Bugzilla