CVE-2005-3107

Linux 2.6 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

fs/exec.c in Linux 2.6, when one thread is tracing another thread that shares the same memory map, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by forcing a core dump when the traced thread is in the TASK_TRACED state.

References (14)

[Various Sources] http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c%401.155?nav=index.html%7Csrc/%7Csrc/fs%7Chist/fs/exec.c

[Patch] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.11-rc1/2.6.11-rc1-mm1/broken-out/fix-coredump_wait-deadlock-with-ptracer-tracee-on-shared-mm.patch

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-420.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0437.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-199-1

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:072

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-180.htm

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15049

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11473

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/17141

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/18056

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/21136

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/21983

Scores

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 25.6%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Sep 30, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026