Description
The utrace support in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) related to "MT exec + utrace_attach spin failure mode," as demonstrated by ptrace-thrash.c.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34128 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017979 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23720 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9447 ↗
- http://osvdb.org/35927 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0169.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228816 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25080 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227952 ↗