kernel: denial of service
| Package(s): | kernel | CVE #(s): | CVE-2009-1388 | ||||||||
| Created: | August 4, 2009 | Updated: | August 5, 2009 | ||||||||
| Description: | From the CVE entry: The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution of the do_coredump function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via vectors involving the ptrace system call and a coredumping thread. | ||||||||||
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