CVE - CVE-2006-2629

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-2629	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:18183 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18183 MLIST:[linux-kernel] 20060526 PROBLEM: /proc (procfs) task exit race condition causes a kernelcrash URL:http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=114860432801543&w=2 OSVDB:25847 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/25847~~ (Obsolete source) SECUNIA:20349 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/20349 VUPEN:ADV-2006-2070 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2070~~ (Obsolete source) XF:linux-task-race-condition-dos(26746) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26746
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20060526	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060526)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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