kernel: denial of service [LWN.net]

Package(s):

kernel

CVE #(s):

CAN-2004-0554

Created:

June 15, 2004

Updated:

July 5, 2004

Description:

2.4 and 2.6 kernels running on the i386 and x86_64 kernels have a vulnerability which can allow a local attacker to lock up the system. See this LWN article for a description of the problem.

Many of the updates for this problem also fix various potential driver vulnerabilities found while instrumenting the code for automated auditing.

Alerts:

Gentoo	200407-02	2004-07-03
Fedora	FEDORA-2004-186	2004-06-23
Mandrake	MDKSA-2004:062	2004-06-23
Whitebox	WBSA-2004:255-01	2004-06-21
tinysofa	TSSA-2004-011	2004-06-18
Conectiva	CLA-2004:845	2004-06-22
EnGarde	ESA-20040621-005	2004-06-21
Red Hat	RHSA-2004:260-01	2004-06-18
Trustix	TSLSA-2004-0035	2004-06-18
Red Hat	RHSA-2004:255-01	2004-06-17
Trustix	TSLSA-2004-0034	2004-06-16
SuSE	SuSE-SA:2004:017	2004-06-16
Slackware	SSA:2004-167-01	2004-06-15
Fedora	FEDORA-2004-171	2004-06-14

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