Description
choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by causing certain circumstances involving termination of a parent process.
Affected products
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n/aaffected
References
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20716 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=127302 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21745 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20237 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22093 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21179 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18099 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11235 ↗