CVE-2010-4248
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Summary
Race condition in the __exit_signal function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors related to multithreaded exec, the use of a thread group leader in kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c, and the selection of a new thread group leader in the de_thread function in fs/exec.c.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45028
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/9
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e0a70217107e6f9844628120412cb27bb4cea194
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656264
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/23/2
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.37-rc2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0007.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45028
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/24/9
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42890
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e0a70217107e6f9844628120412cb27bb4cea194
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656264
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/23/2
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