Fedora Core 1 : kernel-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl (2003-026)

The kernel shipped with Fedora Core 1 was vulnerable to a bug in the error return on a concurrent fork with threaded exit which could be exploited by a user level program to crash the kernel. In addition to this bug fix, the changelog below details various other non-security fixes that have been...

security flaw

The dofork function in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26, and 2.6.x before 2.6.6, does not properly decrement the mmcount counter when an error occurs after the mmstruct for a child process has been activated, which triggers a memory leak that allows local users to cause a denial of service memory...

tmpwatch: local DoS : fork()bomb as root

sent through bugzilla.redhat.com no reply from responsible person. here it goes. Local DoS in /usr/sbin/tmpwatch. root forkbombs himself. tmpwatch is a bad boy Summary Local people can stop things working, and force you to reboot.  Longer summary Any user with write access to /tmp or /var/tmp ca...

PT-2013-6331 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 3.15.4 Description: The issue is related to the Linux kernel's handling of non-canonical values for the saved RIP address in system calls that do not use IRET. This can allow local users to leverage a race...