kernel: denial of service [LWN.net]

Package(s):

kernel

CVE #(s):

CVE-2007-5500

Created:

November 28, 2007

Updated:

July 8, 2008

Description:

The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (machine crash) via unspecified vectors.

Alerts:

rPath	rPSA-2007-0245-1	2007-11-21
rPath	rPSA-2007-0245-2	2007-11-21
SuSE	SUSE-SA:2007:063	2007-12-03
Fedora	FEDORA-2007-3837	2007-12-03
Fedora	FEDORA-2007-3751	2007-12-06
Fedora	FEDORA-2007-759	2007-12-07
Debian	DSA-1428-1	2007-12-10
Debian	DSA-1428-2	2007-12-11
Ubuntu	USN-558-1	2007-12-19
Mandriva	MDVSA-2008:008	2008-01-11
Red Hat	RHSA-2008:0055-01	2008-01-31
Ubuntu	USN-574-1	2008-02-04
Mandriva	MDVSA-2008:044	2008-02-12
Ubuntu	USN-578-1	2008-02-14
SuSE	SUSE-SA:2008:013	2008-03-06
Mandriva	MDVSA-2008:112	2007-06-12
SuSE	SUSE-SA:2008:030	2008-06-20
SuSE	SUSE-SA:2008:032	2008-07-07

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