CVE-2009-1388
CVE-2009-1388
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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http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124654277229434&w=2http://osvdb.org/55679https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346615https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=346742https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504263http://secunia.com/advisories/36131http://secunia.com/advisories/37471https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8625https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8680http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35559