The IATA (ata) driver in FreeBSD 6.0 and 8.0, when read access to /dev is available, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a certain IOCTL request with a large count, which triggers a malloc call with a large value.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 6.0 (including) | 6.0 (including) |
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 8.0 (including) | 8.0 (including) |