Candidate: CVE-2005-1762
References: 
 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_29_kernel.html
 http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-143-1
 http://secunia.com/advisories/15786
Description: 
 The ptrace call in the Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.10 for the AMD64
 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel
 crash) via a "non-canonical" address. 
Notes: 
Bugs: 
upstream: released (2.6.12-rc5)
linux-2.6: N/A
2.6.8-sarge-security: released (2.6.8-16sarge1) [arch-x86_64-kernel-ptrace-canonical-rip-1.dpatch]
2.4.27-sarge-security: released (2.4.27-10sarge1) [169_arch-x86_64-kernel-ptrace-canonical-rip-1.dpatch]
2.4.19-woody-security: 
2.4.18-woody-security: 
2.4.17-woody-security: 
2.4.16-woody-security: 
2.4.17-woody-security-hppa: 
2.4.17-woody-security-ia64: 
2.4.18-woody-security-hppa: