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Linux Kernel PPC970 Systems Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• [PATCH] powerpc: Clear HID0 attention enable on PPC970 at boot time (CVE-2006-40 (Greg Kroah-Hartman )
  
• 201684 - CVE-2006-4093 Local DoS through uncleared HID0[31] (Red Hat)
  
• Linux Homepage (Linux)
  
• RHSA-2006:0689-15 - kernel security update (Red Hat)
  
• Avaya Security Advisory ASA-2006-249 (Avaya Inc. )