CVE-2006-1066

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

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.

References (9)

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113932292516359&w=2

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19374

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017

[Patch] http://www.osvdb.org/24098

[Patch] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17216

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19955

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/21614

Scores

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 18.6%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel

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linux/linux_kernel

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Timeline

Published Mar 27, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026