SB2006041501 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel

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SB2006041501 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel

Published: April 15, 2006

Security Bulletin ID SB2006041501
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2006-0558)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

perfmon (perfmon.c) in Linux kernel on IA64 architectures allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by interrupting a task while another process is accessing the mm_struct, which triggers a BUG_ON action in the put_page_testzero function.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References