The (1) it87 and (2) via686a drivers in I2C for Linux 2.6.x prior to 2.6.11.8, and 2.6.12 prior to 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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linux linux kernel 2.6.1 |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.4 |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.5 |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.11 |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.12 |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.8 |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.8.1 |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.10 |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.6 |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.7 |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.0 |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.2 |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.3 |
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linux linux kernel 2.6.9 |
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