Bug 168313 - CVE-2005-2708 user code panics kernel in exec.c
Summary: CVE-2005-2708 user code panics kernel in exec.c
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 2.1
Hardware: ia64
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Don Howard
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL:
Whiteboard: source=bz,reported=20050628,public=20...
: 168666 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 143573
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Reported: 2005-09-14 20:50 UTC by Don Howard
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:06 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0190
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-02-01 17:46:00 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2006:0190 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security update 2006-02-01 05:00:00 UTC

Comment 3 Mark J. Cox 2005-09-20 08:21:42 UTC 
*** Bug 168666 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Mark J. Cox 2006-01-23 11:23:08 UTC 
See Bug #161925 for details of this issue

"The search_binary_handler function in exec.c in Linux 2.4 kernel on 64-bit x86
architectures does not check a return code for a particular function call when
virtual memory is low, which allows local users to cause a denial of service
(panic), as demonstrated by running a process using the bash ulimit -v command."
Comment 8 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-01 17:46:00 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
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