Linux kernel 2.6.15.1 and earlier, when running on SPARC architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via a "date -s" command, which causes invalid sign extended arguments to be provided to the get_compat_timespec function call.
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1017-1 New Linux kernel 2.6.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-0489 Linux kernel 2.6.15.1 and earlier, when running on SPARC architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via a "date -s" command, which causes invalid sign extended arguments to be provided to the get_compat_timespec function call.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-07T16:34:14.852Z

Reserved: 2006-01-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-0482

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-01-31T19:03:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2006-0482

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