Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15/2.6.17/2.6.20 vulnerabilities USN-464-1

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-464-1 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbubuntuUSN4641.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15/2.6.17/2.6.20 vulnerabilities USN-464-1 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2009 Greenbone...

CVE-2006-2629: Undefined Security Weakness

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.15 to 2.6.17, when running on SMP platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service crash by creating and exiting a large number of tasks, then accessing the /proc entry of a task that is exiting, which causes memory corruption that leads to a failure i...