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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-1369

CVE-2005-1369

Description

The (1) it87 and (2) via686a drivers in I2C for Linux 2.6.x before 2.6.11.8, and 2.6.12 before 2.6.12-rc2, create the sysfs "alarms" file with write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by attempting to write to the file, which does not have an associated store function.

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Affected products

18
  • Linux/Kernel17 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 16 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Linux/I2Cllm-create
    Range: >=2.6.0, <2.6.11.8 || >=2.6.12.0, <2.6.12-rc2

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References

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