The console selection feature in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.4, 2.6.25, and possibly earlier versions, when the UTF-8 console is used, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by selecting a small number of 3-byte UTF-8 characters, which triggers an off-by-two memory error. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.25 (including) | 2.6.25 (including) |
| Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.28 (including) | 2.6.28 (including) |
| Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.28.1 (including) | 2.6.28.1 (including) |
| Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.28.2 (including) | 2.6.28.2 (including) |
| Linux_kernel | Linux | 2.6.28.3 (including) | 2.6.28.3 (including) |
| MRG for RHEL-5 | RedHat | kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-111.el5rt | * |
| Linux | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
| Linux | Ubuntu | intrepid | * |
| Linux-source-2.6.22 | Ubuntu | gutsy | * |