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Linux Kernel "die_if_kernel()" Potential Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA19078
Release Date: 2006-03-07
Popularity: 9,793 views

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

OS:Linux Kernel 2.6.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-0742


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported 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 "die_if_kernel()" function in "arch/ia64/kernel/unaligned.c" being erroneously marked with a "noreturn" attribute. This can potentially be exploited to cause a DoS on Itanium systems, when the kernel is compiled with certain version of the gcc compiler.

Solution:
Update to version 2.6.15.6.
http://www.kernel.org/

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Alan and Gareth.

Original Advisory:
Kernel.org:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15.6


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