#VU99905 Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-1066

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#VU99905 Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-1066

Published: March 27, 2006 / Updated: October 3, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU99905
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1066
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.

Linux kernel 2.6.16-rc2 and earlier, when running on x86_64 systems with preemption enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) via multiple ptrace tasks that perform single steps, which can cause corruption of the DEBUG_STACK stack during the do_debug function call.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's repository.

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