cve-2009-1388
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-07-05 16:00
Modified
2024-08-07 05:13
Severity ?
Summary
The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution of the do_coredump function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via vectors involving the ptrace system call and a coredumping thread.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124654277229434&w=2Mailing List, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://osvdb.org/55679Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/36131Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/37471Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.htmlBroken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35559Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615Mailing List, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346742Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263Issue Tracking, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8625Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8680Broken Link
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