CVE-2008-1514

Description

arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in Linux kernel 2.6.9, and other versions before 2.6.27-rc6, on s390 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via the user-area-padding test from the ptrace testsuite in 31-bit mode, which triggers an invalid dereference.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9555

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41501

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653

http://secunia.com/advisories/32799

http://secunia.com/advisories/32356

http://secunia.com/advisories/32315

http://secunia.com/advisories/32237

http://secunia.com/advisories/31826

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc6

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.6

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3d6e48f43340343d97839eadb1ab7b6a3ea98797

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3