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CVE-2005-2553

CVE-2005-2553

EPSS 0.5%
The find_target function in ptrace32.c in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.29 does not properly handle a NULL return value from another function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash/oops) by running a 32-bit ltrace program with the -i option on a 64-bit executable program.
Affected products
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References
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%4041dd3455GwQPufrGvBJjcUOXQa3WXAhttp://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.htmlhttp://lkml.org/lkml/2005/1/5/245http://secunia.com/advisories/17002http://secunia.com/advisories/18059http://secunia.com/advisories/18977http://secunia.com/advisories/19038https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9647http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:044http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded