CVE-2006-4813

Description (CNA)

The __block_prepare_write function in fs/buffer.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.13 does not properly clear buffers during certain error conditions, which allows local users to read portions of files that have been unlinked.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207463
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
• http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=152becd26e0563aefdbc4fd1fe491928efe92d1f
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11701
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21522
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23384
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23752
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24206
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
• http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23370
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23997
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1
• http://osvdb.org/31376

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