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CVE-2008-5700

CVE-2008-5700

EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f2f1fa78a155524b849edf359e42a3001ea652c0http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.htmlhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/2https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474495http://secunia.com/advisories/33706http://secunia.com/advisories/33756http://secunia.com/advisories/33758http://secunia.com/advisories/33854http://secunia.com/advisories/34252http://secunia.com/advisories/34762http://secunia.com/advisories/34981http://secunia.com/advisories/37471