CVE-2009-1388

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-07-05
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

The ptrace_start function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 does not properly handle simultaneous execution of the do_coredump function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via vectors involving the ptrace system call and a coredumping thread.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2009-1193	2009-08-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-128.4.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-1193	2009-08-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-128.4.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2009-1193	2009-08-04