Description (CNA)
Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.15 to 2.6.17, when running on SMP platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating and exiting a large number of tasks, then accessing the /proc entry of a task that is exiting, which causes memory corruption that leads to a failure in the prune_dcache function or a BUG_ON error in include/linux/list.h.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.osvdb.org/25847
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26746
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2070
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18183
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=114860432801543&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20349
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.