CVE-2005-1369

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.1-rc1, 2.6.1-rc2, 2.6.2, 2.6.3 (+11)

References

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.8
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/20/159
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.8
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/20/159
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded

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