CVE-2005-3106
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 2.6 - Denial of Service via Core Dump Deadlock
Title source: llmDescription
Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Broken Link vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9108
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.156?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/fs%7Chist/fs/exec.c
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17141
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0029
EPSS Percentile
20.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-667
Status
published
Products (4)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
4.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
5.04
debian/debian_linux
3.1
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.0
Published
Sep 30, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026