Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-2445
Published: June 23, 2006 / Updated: October 18, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95461
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-2445
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Race condition in run_posix_cpu_timers in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON crash) by causing 1 CPU to attach a timer to a process that is exiting.
How to mitigate CVE-2006-2445
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=115015841413687
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20703
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20831
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20991
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21045
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21179
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=30f1e3dd8c72abda343bcf415f7d8894a02b4290
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.21
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:123
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/26947
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438168/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18615
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0037
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-311-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2451
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27380