The disconnect method in the Philips USB Webcam (pwc) driver in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.22.6 "relies on user space to close the device," which allows user-assisted local attackers to cause a denial of service (USB subsystem hang and CPU consumption in khubd) by not closing the device after the disconnect is invoked. NOTE: this rarely crosses privilege boundaries, unless the attacker can convince the victim to unplug the affected device.
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| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30294 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred |
| http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118873457814808&w=2 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred |
| http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118880154122548&w=2 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.6 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26994 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_MANDRIVA x_transferred |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10494 | vdb-entry signature x_refsource_OVAL x_transferred |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU x_transferred |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_MANDRIVA x_transferred |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU x_transferred |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25504 | vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32799 | third-party-advisory x_refsource_SECUNIA x_transferred |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU x_transferred |