Candidate: CVE-2006-1856 References: Certain modifications to the Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier do not add the appropriate Linux Security Modules (LSM) file_permission hooks to the (1) readv and (2) writev functions, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Description: http://lists.jammed.com/linux-security-module/2005/09/0019.html http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0604.3/0777.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=191524 Notes: Bugs: upstream: released (2.6.17) linux-2.6: released (2.6.17-1) 2.6.8-sarge-security: released (2.6.8-16sarge5) [readv-writev-missing-lsm-check.dpatch, readv-writev-missing-lsm-check-compat.dpatch] 2.4.27-sarge-security: N/A