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Linux Kernel ptrace Single Step "CS" Null Pointer Dereference
Secunia Advisory: SA26935
Release Date: 2007-09-25
Popularity: 8,631 views

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

OS:Linux Kernel 2.6.x

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Description:
Evan Teran has reported a security issue 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 an error in ptrace when single-stepping a debugged child process with invalid values in the "CS" register, which can be exploited to cause a kernel oops.

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