CVE-2006-2936

The ftdi_sio driver (usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.17, and possibly later versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by writing more data to the serial port than the hardware can handle, which causes the data to be queued.

• CWE-399

• http://secunia.com/advisories/20703Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21057Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21298Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21605Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21614Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21934Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22093Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22174Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24547Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25226Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25683Vendor Advisory
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
• http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git%3Ba=blob%3Bh=4b4d9cfea17618b80d3ac785b701faeaf60141f1%3Bhb=396eb2aac550ec55856c6843ef9017e800c3d656
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/27119
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0617.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440300/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19033
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-331-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-346-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2841Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=197610
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27807
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10265
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20703Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21057Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21298Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21605Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21614Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21934Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22093Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22174Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24547Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25226Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25683Vendor Advisory
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
• http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git%3Ba=blob%3Bh=4b4d9cfea17618b80d3ac785b701faeaf60141f1%3Bhb=396eb2aac550ec55856c6843ef9017e800c3d656
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_30_kernel.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_35_kernel.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/27119
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0617.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440300/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19033
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-331-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-346-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2841Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=197610
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27807
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10265

Published

Jul 10, 2006

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified