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CVE-2006-1066
Published: Mar 27, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Linux kernel 2.6.16-rc2 and earlier, when running on x86_64 systems with preemption enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) via multiple ptrace tasks that perform single steps, which can cause corruption of the DEBUG_STACK stack during the do_debug function call.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
USN-281-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
MDKSA-2006:151
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
21614
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
19955
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
17216
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
24098
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
DSA-1017
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
19374
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
[linux-kernel] 20060207 [PATCH] arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c PTRACE_SINGLESTEP oops
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
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