CVE-2005-2709

The sysctl functionality (sysctl.c) in Linux kernel before 2.6.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) and possibly execute code by opening an interface file in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/, waiting until the interface is unregistered, then obtaining and modifying function pointers in memory that was used for the ctl_table.

Date published : 2005-11-20

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15365

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.14.1