CVE-2006-4093

Medium

Description

Linux kernel 2.x.6 before 2.6.17.9 and 2.4.x before 2.4.33.1 on PowerPC PPC970 systems allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) related to the "HID0 attention enable on PPC970 at boot time."

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.9
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedAug 21, 2006
First seenAug 21, 2006

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel2.4.33.1, 2.6.17.9 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel2.4.0 ≤ v < 2.4.33.1, 2.6.0 ≤ v < 2.6.17.92.4.33.1, 2.6.17.9
canonical ubuntu_linux5.04, 5.10, 6.06—
debian debian_linux3.1—

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