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Linux Kernel perfmon Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19737
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Release Date:
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2006-04-20
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Popularity:
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9,192 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| OS: | Linux Kernel 2.6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-0558
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Linux Kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in perfmon (perfmon.c) during exit processing and may cause a crash when a task is interrupted while another process is accessing the "mm_struct" structure.
Solution:
Secunia is currently not aware of an official version addressing this.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Cliff Wickman
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