Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-1066
Published: March 27, 2006 / Updated: October 3, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99905
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2006-1066
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113932292516359&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19955
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21614
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151
- http://www.osvdb.org/24098
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17216
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/