5.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
46.1%
fs/exec.c in Linux 2.6, when one thread is tracing another thread that shares the same memory map, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by forcing a core dump when the traced thread is in the TASK_TRACED state.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | eq | 2.6.0 |
linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.155?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/fs%7Chist/fs/exec.c
secunia.com/advisories/17141
secunia.com/advisories/18056
secunia.com/advisories/21136
secunia.com/advisories/21983
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-180.htm
www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.11-rc1/2.6.11-rc1-mm1/broken-out/fix-coredump_wait-deadlock-with-ptracer-tracee-on-shared-mm.patch
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-420.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0437.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11473