Bug 1618206 (CVE-2006-4813) - CVE-2006-4813 security flaw
Summary: CVE-2006-4813 security flaw
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2006-4813
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2018-08-16 12:39 UTC by Stephen Herr
Modified: 2021-06-01 13:53 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-08-16 12:40:01 UTC
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 12:39:55 UTC 
Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.
Comment 1 Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 16:50:00 UTC 
MITRE description:

The __block_prepare_write function in fs/buffer.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.13 does not properly clear buffers during certain error conditions, which allows local users to read portions of files that have been unlinked.
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