Candidate: CVE-2005-3107 References: URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3107 Final-Decision: Interim-Decision: Modified: Proposed: Assigned: 20050930 Category: SF CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.11-rc1/2.6.11-rc1-mm1/broken-out/fix-coredump_wait-deadlock-with-ptracer-tracee-on-shared-mm.patch CONFIRM:http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/diffs/fs/exec.c@1.155?nav=index.html|src/|src/fs|hist/fs/exec.c Description: fs/exec.c in Linux 2.6, when one thread is tracing another thread that shares the same memory map, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by forcing a core dump when the traced thread is in the TASK_TRACED state. . Extra information from Moritz Muehlenhof: Local DoS through threads tracing each other by forcing a core dump, while the traced thread is in TASK_TRACED state. http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.11-rc1/2.6.11-rc1-mm1/broken-out/fix-coredump_wait-deadlock-with-ptracer-tracee-on-shared-mm.patch upstream: released (2.6.11) 2.6.8-sarge-security: released (2.6.8-16sarge1) [fs-exec-ptrace-deadlock.dpatch] 2.4.27-sid/sarge: N/A 2.4.27-sarge-security: N/A linux-2.6: N/A 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: