kernel: ptrace() incorrect error handling leads to corruption and DoS

An address corruption flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel built with hardware breakpoint CONFIGHAVEHWBREAKPOINT support. While modifying a h/w breakpoint via 'modifyuserhwbreakpoint' routine, an unprivileged user/process could use this flaw to crash the system kernel resulting in DoS OR to...

kernel: ptrace() incorrect error handling leads to corruption and DoS

An address corruption flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel built with hardware breakpoint CONFIGHAVEHWBREAKPOINT support. While modifying a h/w breakpoint via 'modifyuserhwbreakpoint' routine, an unprivileged user/process could use this flaw to crash the system kernel resulting in DoS OR to...

Linux Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-10153)

The Linux kernel is a computer operating system kernel written in C and assembly language, compliant with the POSIX standard, and distributed under the GNU General Public License. Linux Kernel suffers from a ptrace error handling denial of service vulnerability. A local user can exploit this...