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Description of problem:
Crash binary (44 bytes) for the Linux kernel 2.4.21-20.EL and 
probably earlier versions, freezing the complete system, even when 
executed without root privileges.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.4.21-20.EL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 / Taroon Update 
3)

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.wget http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~wvereeck/kernel/exploit
2.chmod 755 exploit
3../exploit (as non-root)
4.freeze and cook up an excuse for your sysadmins
    

Actual Results:  The system freezes, so nothing world-astonishing 
happens.

Expected Results:  No crash/freeze, there are other OS's for this.

Additional info:

There seems to be a problem with the e_phnum byte in the ELF header,
which crashes the linker/kernel, when it holds a zero.