Resource Management Errors Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.27.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005825
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Dec 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Dec 2008

CVE-2008-5700  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.27.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors libata in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.9 does not set minimum timeouts for SG_IO requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Programmed I/O mode on drives) via multiple simultaneous invocations of an unspecified test program.

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CVSS Base Scores

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