CVE-2007-0771

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 + utraceattach spin failure mode," as demonstrated by ptrace-thrash.c...

CVE-2007-0771

CVE-2007-0771 concerns the Linux kernel utrace support (notably in 2.6.18 and related 2.6.x lines) where local attackers can trigger a DoS via a race/spin failure between utrace_attach and related code paths when using ptrace (as exemplified by the ptrace-thrash scenario). The vulnerability manif...

Tracing execution of a threaded executable causes kernel BUG report

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 + utraceattach spin failure mode," as demonstrated by ptrace-thrash.c...