#VU99905 Resource management errors in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-1066


| Updated: 2018-10-03

Vulnerability identifier: #VU99905

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1066

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.

Linux kernel 2.6.16-rc2 and earlier, when running on x86_64 systems with preemption enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) via multiple ptrace tasks that perform single steps, which can cause corruption of the DEBUG_STACK stack during the do_debug function call.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: All versions

External links
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=113932292516359&w=2
https://secunia.com/advisories/19374
https://secunia.com/advisories/19955
https://secunia.com/advisories/21614
https://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151
https://www.osvdb.org/24098
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17216
https://usn.ubuntu.com/281-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.


Latest bulletins with this vulnerability


Resource management errors in Linux kernel