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CVE-2005-3106

Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users

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  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Race condition in Linux 2.6, when threads are sharing memory mapping via CLONE_VM (such as linuxthreads and vfork), might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering a core dump while waiting for a thread that has just performed an exec.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

References 11

oval.cisecurity.org

secunia.com

redhat.com

linux.bkbits.net

debian.org

securityfocus.com

ubuntu.com

mandriva.com