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Linux Kernel IO Bitmap Access Permissions Inheritance Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA11577
Release Date: 2004-05-10
Last Update: 2007-08-14
Popularity: 10,951 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Linux Kernel 2.6.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Stas Sergeev has reported a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to the "exit_thread()" function not invalidating per-TSS IO bitmap pointers before certain processes exit. This may result in other processes inheriting the IO access permissions.

Version 2.6.5 is reportedly affected. Other versions may also be vulnerable.

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