FKIE_CVE-2008-1615
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-05-08 00:20 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:52
Severity
Summary
Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, when running on AMD64 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain ptrace calls.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | enterprise_linux | as_4 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | es_4 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | ws_4 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 4 | |
| amd | amd64 | * |
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