kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in ptrace support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference.
bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8765
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=29eb51101c02df517ca64ec472d7501127ad1da8
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a10d9a71bafd3a283da240d2868e71346d2aef6f
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=29eb51101c02df517ca64ec472d7501127ad1da8
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=a10d9a71bafd3a283da240d2868e71346d2aef6f
osvdb.org/37286
secunia.com/advisories/26935
secunia.com/advisories/26955
secunia.com/advisories/26978
secunia.com/advisories/27322
secunia.com/advisories/29159
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0094
www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1378
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488972/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/25801
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-518-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0940
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3731
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=248324
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2304
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10394