Description
traps.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x and 2.4.x executes stack segment faults on an exception stack, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops and stack fault exception).
Affected products
- Novell / linux_desktop9 – 9
- Novell / open_enterprise_server9 – 9
- SUSE / suse_linux8 – 8
- SUSE / suse_linux9.0 – 9.0
- SUSE / suse_linux9.0 – 9.0
- SUSE / suse_linux9.1 – 9.1
- SUSE / suse_linux9.2 – 9.2
- SUSE / suse_linux9.3 – 9.3
- SUSE / suse_linux1.0 – 1.0
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/18056
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-187-1
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/18977
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/18059
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14467
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/17002
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878
- MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11101
- MISChttp://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/marcelo/linux-2.4.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=51e31546a2fc46cb978da2ee0330a6a68f07541e