CVE-2005-3107

Description

fs/exec.c in Linux 2.6, when one thread is tracing another thread that shares the same memory map, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by forcing a core dump when the traced thread is in the TASK_TRACED state.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11473

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0437.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-420.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.11-rc1/2.6.11-rc1-mm1/broken-out/fix-coredump_wait-deadlock-with-ptracer-tracee-on-shared-mm.patch

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-180.htm

http://secunia.com/advisories/21983

http://secunia.com/advisories/21136

http://secunia.com/advisories/18056

http://secunia.com/advisories/17141

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.155?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/fs%7Chist/fs/exec.c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3