CVE-2006-0482

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.

Date published : 2006-01-31

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17216

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017