Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in the do_page_fault function in arch/x86/mm/fault.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that trigger page faults on a machine that has a registered Kprobes probe.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.5
Patch vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33758
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
Scores
EPSS
0.0037
EPSS Percentile
28.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (50)
linux/linux_kernel
2.2.27
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.36
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.36.1
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.36.2
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.36.3
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.36.4
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.36.5
linux/linux_kernel
2.4.36.6
linux/linux_kernel
2.6
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.0
... and 40 more
Published
Feb 17, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026