Description (CNA)
The file watch implementation in the audit subsystem (auditctl -w) in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 kernel 2.6.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by replacing a watched file, which does not cause the watch on the old inode to be dropped.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://osvdb.org/33031
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9560
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24300
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0085.html
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223129
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017705
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22737
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://osvdb.org/33031
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9560
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24300
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0085.html
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223129
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017705
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22737