Description
The Linux kernel before 2.2.19 does not have unregister calls for (1) CPUID and (2) MSR drivers, which could cause a DoS (crash) by unloading and reloading the drivers.
References
- RHSA-2001:047 vendor-advisory
- CSSA-2001-012.0 vendor-advisory
- http://www.linux.org.uk/VERSION/relnotes.2219.html
- DSA-047 vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2001:037 vendor-advisory
- 20010409 PROGENY-SA-2001-01: execve()/ptrace() exploit in Linux kernels mailing-list
- IMNX-2001-70-010-01 vendor-advisory
- CLA-2001:394 vendor-advisory
- 20010405 Trustix Security Advisory #2001-0003 - kernel mailing-list
- SuSE-SA:2001:018 vendor-advisory