vnunet: Linux Flaw Could Lead to DoS Attacks Apr 7, 2006, 13 :30 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (6088 reads) (Other stories by Matt Chapman)
"A security flaw has been found in Linux kernel version 2.6.x that could allow malicious local users to cause a denial of service attack, according to an advisory from security firm Secunia.
"The vulnerability is caused by an out-of-bounds memory error in the 'fill_write_buffer()' function in 'sysfs/file.c'..."
