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CVE-2008-5700

Description

libata in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.9 does not set minimum timeouts for SG_IO requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Programmed I/O mode on drives) via multiple simultaneous invocations of an unspecified test program.

POC

Reference

- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Github

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